drinking water

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Hi all

 

I have an unsatisfactory situation with my drinking water.

 

My original plan was to improve the situation, but its not improving

so I thought some people here could help me out.

 

I live in a small city, and the water is somewhat hard. I was using a

coffeemaker to heat my water but I get mineral buildup.

 

My next step was to get Culligan water. I thought this worked for

several weeks until one day I looked in my water crock that the

bottle sits on and there was a blue residue in the water. I tried

making a filter out of piece of cloth but wasn't confident in it, so

I went back to the coffeemaker.

 

At first I thought it was caused by the blue washer that holds the

spout but on examination I couldn't see where it was deteriorating.

 

Right now I am trying to determine if the residue could be flouride,

so I called Culligan and asked them if they have flouride in their

water. At first they said they did, then when I asked them if it was

possible to get water without flouride in it they said that their

reverse osmosis system takes the flouride out.

 

Next I called the city and they said that they use one part per

million. I asked them why and they said because that was recommended

by the Department Of Environmental Quality. He asked me if their was

a problem, and I said that flouride wasn't good for you. So I asked

for the number for DEQ and got an answering machine.

 

So at this point it looks like I am going to have to change a

government policy to get water without flouride in it, because

Culligan probably gets its water from the city too.

 

So if anyone has any suggestions on how I should proceed I would

appreciate it.

 

Also, I heard recently that lemon can purify water. Does anyone have

any information in that regard?

 

Also, how does the hardness or softness of water affect a person's

health?

 

Thank you for your time and help.

 

Michael