Question:
i've had the reverse osmosis filter recommended to me forhealth reasons. our water also has a severe sulfur problem, so sincemoving here, about 7 years now, we've been using some sort of filterthat's in the garage and requires adding bleach every month. it helpsa lot but isn't perfect since every now and then some sulfur makes itsway thru, and the water sometimes turns soft. plus the bleach can'tbe good health-wise (even tho we've been drinking only bottled waterfor as long as i can recall)... so i'm wondering if getting reverseosmosis filters for the taps and shower will take care of all theseproblems - will it get rid of the sulfur? we'll be able to drink fromthe tap? should it eliminate all health concerns? also how muchshould i expect to pay for a reliable filter?

Answer: What are the health reasons? Unless there is something in your water thatshouldn't be there or in the amount it is, RO water isn't going to help.With H2S in your water RO will fail if you don't pretreat it. You need tolearn what type filter you have in the garage; it sounds like Pyrolox beingregenerated with chlorinated water or a Culligan Super S where you set abottle of bleach on the floor once a month. You need to have it serviced andask a bunch of questions until you know enough to explain the thing tosomeone else a week later.

The bleach is not being added to your water. It is used to clean the mineraland then flushed to drain and then the filter is rinsed to assure that.

RO installs as a POU (point of use) or whole house but that type isunaffordable for a residence. POU can feed a separate faucet but not morethan that plus a 'fridge and another RO faucet. If you are wanting to removechlorine, there are shower head filters and drinking water filters but theydon't filter all the water of a regular faucet and remove chlorinedisinfection by-products, and that's what you should remove.