[AquaticLife] Water Well Question
For older homes with metal plumbing, having acid (low pH) water flowing through the pipes over the course of many years will cause corrosion of the pipes. This is why public water utilities add buffers to raise the pH so the water doesn’t corrode the public pipes. Since your home is newer and has plastic, the water, whether acid or basic, should not affect them. In fact, the harder water may cause build-up inside the pipes over a long period of time which could cause water flow (plumbing) problems. I’ve seen pipes down here in N’Awlins in some of these 100+ year old homes where the 1″ pipe was reduced to a trickle due to calcium/mineral buildup inside the pipes.
Remember that while your filter supplier/repair company may be giving you good advice, whenever I get advice from someone who may benefit financially from their advice, I always double/triple check the advice.. this includes the pet store, LFS and doctors too!
Since it’s only a limestone filter system, I’m hoping they don’t charge very much to “recharge” it. Limestone is pretty cheap stuff.
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