On Friday, October 3, 2014 8:25:42 AM UTC-10, Brooklyn1 wrote:
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> >On Thursday, October 2, 2014 8:21:20 PM UTC-10, sf wrote:
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> >> On Thu, 2 Oct 2014 18:03:16 -0700 (PDT), Nancy2
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> >> > Mold is in there after a week or ten days. Don't believe me? Pour some tap water (or bottled, doesn't
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> >> > that is mold. It will make you sick. Clean the filter. Haven't you ever watched Robert Irvine swipe his
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> >> > fingers along the hidden filter in an ice machine and have them come up black? Clean the filter.
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> >> More than that... the lines need to be cleaned too. Haven't you ever
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> >People that fear algae should probably stick with ice cube trays. I had a water cooler in the office for 10 years. The water started tasting funny and it was too much of a hassle to clean that thing so I gave it away. These days I just keep some bottled water in a small refrigerator. Thank god for those small refrigerators!
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> There are several ways to ensure having clean, bacteria free water. I
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> filter removes particulates like sand etc., next all the water coming
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> into the house passes through a UV chamber, kills organisms, and my
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> water is softened plus the drinking water bypasses the softener but is
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> RO filtered. Also occasionally I shock my well, pour a cup of laundry
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> bleach into the well, for the the next couple of days don't use the
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> water, then one by one open the cold water faucets to allow the pipes
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> to be filled with the chlorinated water and close the taps, next day
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> let the water run some until the chlorine odor dissapates. Do the
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> same with the water heater... hot water tanks are rife with horrid
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> bacteria, the bottom of the tank contains stagnant water at the
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> perfect temperature for organisms to breed. Cartridge filters give a
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> a breeder for organisms. It's best to not use any of those cartridge
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> filters, remove and do not replace.

Bacteria and algae are fine with me. Pesticides, heavy metals, hormones, nanoparticles(!!??) in our drinking water seem to be more worrisome problems.