Water Filters

down home wrote:

cummins2014 wrote:

jplante4 wrote:
Didn't see it mentioned so I'll throw in what we do. A regular 10 inch sediment filter (like the one above) at the water inlet and we further filter drinking/cooking water through a Brita pitcher.

There you go.. Although I just filter the water at the spigot with one of those blue camco's , along with the Brita pitcher. I see no problem with the faucets ,hot water tank, etc , been doing this with my now 12 year old fifth wheel. Works for me .

I posted this account before possibly but.. a few years ago at a campground we like in Michigan, with well water with lots of sediment and with a lot of RV in the park,at times even more dirt. A neighbor in a travel trailer and I were talking as I change our plugged up large 10 in cannister filter. We wash clothes, shower and drink and and use the water to cook that comes through the tap. We do have a second under counter filter to a tap and the ice maker.
The filter was full of dirt. We use a filter with outside media for dirt and a kdf charcoal or with silver water filter.
I showed him the filter and housing. He commented they didn't use a filter, they only used the water to wash dishes, clothes, and shower.
They didn't drink it. I kinda was taken aback. His white t-shirt and shorts were kinda yellow brown. I imagine their shower was too as well as his tan being partly from the water. his water heater and washer too.
Bet he has had to replace the water heater and that none of his faucets seal by now.
I think he was or had just finished washing his truck with dirty water too.
In Michigan a farm state People have a lot of endemic tooth and other problems from all the fertilizer and chemicals used in farming. They leach right through the soil to the high water table wells too.
These days they sell a lot of reverse osmosis water systems and large filter systems and rural Folks enjoy better health for the most part.
A good filter list what contamninents, including chlorine, sediment, chemicals, iron, sulfur, and micro organisms it will filter out.
And a good filter clogs up quicker so you need larger ones and replacement cartridges.
Wife is from the area is how I came to know much of this.

Well I will certainly stay out of Michigan :) I will probably upgrade a bit when we take a summer long trip to Alaska next summer. I don't stay at many RV parks, but I will on that trip. I usually stay at the same parks on my travels, and have had no problems. I do see your point. Thanks