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MahamYe
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July 15, 2007 - 11:26 AM |
 
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Does anyone have experience renting/owning a home with a water softener in Shanghai? As I'm researching water softeners, I would love some input from those who have lived with such devices. Can you tell a difference in your skin, hair, clothes, etc..?
Most water softeners use salt, but the new environmentally-friendly technology uses a manual process via pump to break down the magnesium instead of exchanging it for sodium. Any input on the new devices?
What about favorite brands for filtering drinking water? I'm hearing that the German brand Cillit is the highest quality leaving no detectable taste of that uniquely flavored Shanghai water...?
I tend to be very picky about water, and would love to hear from others who have lived with various filters/softeners to hear how they taste, hold up over time, ease of replacement for filters, etc...
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yu888
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Joined: Jan 25, 2003
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Location: ZhongShanParkArea SH
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July 15, 2007 - 11:54 AM |
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given my recent foray into the water quality issues, this is the solutions I have found and based on what you have written, it may be something you will look into as well. (See the "Truth about Water" thread for details and history)
I have been drinking Shanghai Tap water after a REVERSE OSMOSIS and Re-mineralization process and its been great. The water has a TDS count of under 15 ppm before the remineralization process as opposed to a count of over 500 typically out of the tap (testing in Jing An District) The treated water comes out at a pH of about 7.3 (close to standard human blood and body pH) rather than the typical post Revers-osmosis water which is actually below 7 meaning its mildly acidic. the water treatment process alco breaks down the water clustering so the water is "wetter" (less surface tension) and easier to absorb.
This works great as a drinking water tap (comes with its own faucet) as its usually about 20% of the household's needs, but the volume of water needed to cover the olther 80% for washingand such, it wont work.
Good news is that I have also been using another filter that uses a KLF filter process to remove 90-95% of the chlorine in the tap and some of the other contaminants AND uses teh same process as the drinking water filter to break down the water molecule clustering, thus it "softens' the water as well. We got this filter to bathe Babyyu and my wife immediately noticed the difference on his hair. I then started using it and found I do not need to condition my hair when I wash with this filtered water.  So now, my wife nad i both use teh filtered water for hair and on occassion I will basin bathe with a tub of the filtered water and it makes my skin feel different too.
So regardless of what you get, i highly recommend you find a filter to remove the chlorine for the general use in the household, AND a separate Reverse osmosis filter for drinking. Running full house Revers osmosis would be a waste of filters as it still required regular maintenance.
I have the info for the units I am using if you want to contact me. |
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yu888
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July 15, 2007 - 11:56 AM |
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Oh one issue I need to mention, the prefilters in imported filters tend to have an extreme shortened life b/c they are designed for water systems with much cleaner incoming water. Shanggai water is full of particulates AND dissolved solids and so the filter needs to be designed for this kind of incoming water to give a maximum amount of time between scheduled maintenances |
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