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Re:EPA Moves to Roll Back Drinking Water Standards by syntaxing on Wednesday October 08, 2025 @10:33PM (#45522898)
It’s a shame. I have a RO filter because I don’t trust the government to maintain water quality. I know plenty of people with the double RO filter for their well water. Its really a travesty what water quality has become.
Re:EPA Moves to Roll Back Drinking Water Standards by dyauspitr on Thursday October 09, 2025 @03:03AM (#45524460)
Yeah double RO filter for my well water here and it’s good drinking water. I worry about the RO membranes though, they are ultimately a type of plastic… and forcing water through plastic at high pressure…
Re:EPA Moves to Roll Back Drinking Water Standards by Gigachad on Thursday October 09, 2025 @07:32AM (#45526209)
Needs to be a humanitarian effort to get clean drinking water to America.
Re:EPA Moves to Roll Back Drinking Water Standards by csdreamer7 on Thursday October 09, 2025 @09:21AM (#45527335)
> It’s a shame. I have a RO filter because I don’t trust the government to maintain water quality. I know plenty of people with the double RO filter for their well water. Its really a travesty what water quality has become.

Last I checked the Federal government does not manage private wells. There are exempt under the Clean Water Act.

Re:EPA Moves to Roll Back Drinking Water Standards by syntaxing on Thursday October 09, 2025 @11:22AM (#45528962)
Where do you think pollution in private wells come from…
Re:EPA Moves to Roll Back Drinking Water Standards by RiverStone on Friday October 10, 2025 @01:42PM (#45541669)
You should use a RO or carbon filter even if the government is doing everything right.

Chlorine needs to stay in city water to disinfect all the distribution pipes throughout a city. But at point of use, you should not be drinking/bathing in chlorine or chlorine disinfection byproducts.