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Boil or reverse osmosis. Missing minerals are a myth. You get enough from your food.

If you have well water you probably don't need to worry. This is only for living in the cities with shit in it. Some municipalities actually add flouride, which is out of this world crazy. Same people who would mandate vaccinations.

This is also a problem if you have old shitty pipes leaching into your water supply. Don't drink hot water because the hot water line is pretty much always fucked up.

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This is the best and fullest answer. The rest are half truths or just plain wrong.

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I have a zero water filter for my kitchen. It removes hard particles and comes with a tester so you know when to change the filter. Plus, apparently it's effective at removing more the fluoride too.

I'll probably stick with this for a while.

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I saw a video and and they tested man different filters and zero did the best. Just be careful because it renoves all the minerals too.

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No such thing. Living water? You have to fetch it from a spring yourself. The only thing I use a filter for is the sink for washing hands, fruits, and dishes... then I use a filter for the shower. That's it.

For other shit like cooking soups, or using the water for spray bottles for random things, I'll get a bunch of 5 gallon water bottles filled with spring water from a local distributor.

For drinking I just buy spring water in glass bottles, preferably sparkling.

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I was going to say, a deep well.

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Yeah the well on the same level as my long drop.

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Berkey or ProOne

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No this rather a piece of shit compared to RO or distilling.

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Good luck doing either of those if the water supply was shut off.

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Berkey is great for spring water. Not useful at all for city water.

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This. ProOne has fluoride removal built into their filters, with Berkey you need a special filter. You also need to prime Berkey filters, but not ProOne. If SHTF you’ll need a pump to prime. Yes RO is great but they need pressure.

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distill your own

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A diet of completely distilled water is dangerous, no?

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Yes, without minerals it'll eventually eat away bones and teeth

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Not sure that can happen with a healthy diet. Unless you keep your teeth and bones soaked in distilled water around the clock, Im pretty sure your blood, saliva etc have a fairly robust transport/delivery system to get food-derived minerals (far more than from water) to where they are needed.

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I've been using half distilled and half Nestle PureLife for couple years...still kicking. I like the idea at least half my water is as pure as it can get.

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No, it's fine if you have a first-world diet. It's only bad if your food is africa-tier.

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You won't be getting any nutrients if that's what you mean.

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Minerals and shit.

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Ispring filters on the whole house. All the water goes through a sediment filter, carbon filter for the chlorine, and another filter to pull put lead and other heavy metals. Then for a drinking water, a 7 stage filter the includes more compact carbon filters, reverse osmosis, de-ionization, and a UV light to catch any bacteria that might have contaminated the system.

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Distill / reverse osmosis and add trace mineral drops (available at most health food shops) or a pinch of pink Himalayan salt.

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You life will be a lot easier if you avoid the use of water filters. The most important factor is buying a new house is water supply. If it is outside the city, it must have a well that yields a constant supply of clean water all year round.

City water is iffy -- most of it s drinkable, but in some cities it should be avoided. I suggest you avoid those cities.

Never use bottled water. In the first place, it just comes out of some city tap. In the second place, it sits in plastic bottles, leeching harmful chemicals into itself, until you unscrew the top and chug it.

Oh, and the best water filtration system -- your kidneys.

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A mountain and a few hundred feet of Earth below it.

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