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Re:I'm Wirecutter's water-quality expert. I don't filter my ... by adastra22 on Saturday June 07, 2025 @02:45PM (#44211660)
San Jose water is absolute trash. There may not be (much) lead, but there are a host of other minerals and contaminants. It’s also a roll of the dice whether you’ll find Legionnaires' disease in your pipes.

I have a whole-house soft-water filter for general use, and for drinking/cooking get 5-gallon bottles filled with RO purified water from The Water Spring on Homestead in Santa Clara. The municipal source for RO water matters, and Santa Clara has the best utilities in the valley.

http://waterspring.com/

Stay safe out there.

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Re:I'm Wirecutter's water-quality expert. I don't filter my ... by LargoLasskhyfv on Sunday June 08, 2025 @08:42PM (#44220460)
https://www.eldoradosprings.com/out-of-state-shipping-of-eld...

Cheers

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Re:I'm Wirecutter's water-quality expert. I don't filter my ... by adastra22 on Sunday June 08, 2025 @11:49PM (#44221284)
Hard to beat $0.25/gal at Water Spring.
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Re:I'm Wirecutter's water-quality expert. I don't filter my ... by LargoLasskhyfv on Monday June 09, 2025 @07:11AM (#44223245)
Dunno. Have been unaware of them so far. Am not that often in SJ anyway, but when I am the tap is taboo for me. That stuff can only be spat out.

I know the Eldorado Springs from when I'm in Aspen, Austin, Altadena, and while I don't get the hype surrounding the stuff, it's more than acceptable (for water).

Taste matters. Be it for coffee, tea, cooking, making desserts, even baking, or making your own pizza dough.

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