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Interesting post, John.

I’ve recently been told to start filtering my tap water (I live in Australia) not because our water is particularly bad, but because of the excess fluoride content. And since you seem to be the person in the know about water, I was wondering if you filter your water? Or if you’d recommend it.

Thanks John.

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Apologies for just seeing this!

Yes, I do filter my water. Our water system has a treatment system to remove iron, manganese, and arsenic and also add chlorine to control bacteria. Although safe, the resulting water still scales kettles and coffee machines and doesn't taste that great.

I put in an undersink RO unit. More details here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/johnlovie/p/they-have-us-coming-and-going

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Thanks John, I appreciate the thoughtful response. And I’ll be sure to check out the article.

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Very funny that you're being followed by clean water! Looking forward to more from Finland. The voiceovers are a lovely addition these last posts. Good luck to your wife!

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I can run, but I can't hide, apparently. Thank you for your kind words!

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Aug 25, 2023·edited Aug 25, 2023Author

And thank you so much for the recommendation. That means so much to me.

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Interesting video. Thank you for sending. Makes me want to provide more education to our community.

Cleveland

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Yes, it's really impressive!

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The Great Lakes is the main water supply for any state along their shorelines. I'm in Chicago, it’s Lake Michigan for us.

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https://www.circleofblue.org/great-lakes-news-collaborative/ Circle of Blue has great coverage of water issues around the Great Lakes.

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my understanding is that albuquerque's drinking water is from two primary sources - 75% ogallala aquifer and 25% from the rio grande. as the rio grande is typically muddy the water is cleaned, processed, mixed and distributed to a population bordering on one million people. no idea how that is done but the end result is hopefully healthy. it's is tasty and refreshing.

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