We just bought our house two months ago, we had the water tested because we are on a well and you can’t buy a house without testing the water when you on a well. Anyway the test came back fine and after moving in we have noticed sediment on our dishes, people say it is calcium. So we put a water filter in and it filters the whole house… The filter is clear and we noticed after 3-4 weeks it seems to be growing a greenish algea/moss. We noticed this after a weekend away from home without the water being used. Is this normal? Is it because it is a clear filter? The filter is working great it is taking out so much we never knew we were drinking.

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Recently my town has sent out a warning that the town’s tap water has been affected with E coli. Is it okay to wash dishes and do laundry even if there is e coli in tap water?

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My kitchen sink currently has a hot & a cold knob, and a spout…pretty old fashioned. I want to go and get an up to date faucet with a single lever valve and a detachable spout to rinse dishes, etc. but have never installed one before. What do I do?

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Ok, the house is 10 years old. We have a maytag plastic interior dishwasher. We have a 7 year old culligan water softener system,
The area has hard water but the water softener makes it softer.

The problem is we are seeing, powder residue on the dishes. We have tried that plastic booster but its coming back again.

1) Do we need a dishwasher with a stainless steel interior?
2) Do we need to turn the hot water up?
3) Clean the water softener? (Had water tested and its fine)
4) Any other ideas?

Help!!! Its driving our family nuts!

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My Dad used to say that for every ten degrees you raise the water temperature the cleaning power doubles or something like that. Does anyone have any information about how raising water temperature affects it’s cleaning power?
I’m looking for some kind of relationship between temperature and number of collisions that water molecules have with the dishes. Does anyone know specifically how these two thing relate?

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We have only had well water since July when we moved into this house. We were told to check the thing that holds the salt every month or so and add salt as needed. It hasn’t dropped since we moved in. Everything in the house is turning rust colored too, tubs, sinks, dishes….help!! What have we missed??

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Every time we run our dishes through the dishwasher they come out looking like they didn’t get rinsed very well. Some friends told us that our water softener isn’t working correctly. I’ve also noticed deposits in the tray below our water and ice dispenser in our refrigerator. Is there an easy fix for this problem that a Do It Yourselfer can handle? Or do I need to have a professional come out and maintenance it?

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I live in a condo and the hot water heater is in my closet. But where would I install a water softener so that all water in the house (hot & cold) becomes normal.. I have a terrible time with spots on dishes, lime scale, etc.

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I do not want to throw away water i used in washing (rinsing) clothes or the dishes. But I’m afraid my plants will die if I water them with water with traces of detergent. Is there a way of treating the used water at home without the expensive mechanical water treatments? I read activated carbon can remove some, but not all chemicals from water.

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I hate the constant lime deposits/spots on my dishes etc… from hard water, would a water softener help this?

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I have well water, and need a water softener just for the kitchen. My dishes always come out w/residue and I want to put one just in the kitchen for the dishes, but especially not in the bathroom, because I don’t like the way it feels when I take a shower. how do i do this? And also what is the most inexpensive one to get?

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Our dishwasher has less than 1/2" water left on the bottom after each cycle. The water is clean as are the dishes. When I hit the drain button, the water drains out fine. Is this something to worry about?
Is it possible that the drain line is too long? We just installed it not too long ago and my husband thinks that’s the problem.

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I live in Las Vegas and of course the water here is nasty. which is better for keeping mineral deposits off my dishes/sinks/showers and make the water taste better?

What is the difference between the two?

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i was wondering about the omnihousewatersystem house filter we just moved where our water is from a well right now the water smells so bad coming out of the taps i can barely shower i wont even do my dishes in it i noticed outside attached to the well there are two cylinders that say omni house but there is no filter inside them and they have brown algae looking stuff in them i was wondering where to get filters how much they cost and if that filtration system is meant for wells

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The other morning I noticed a large puddle of water coming out from under my washer. This puddle appeared after I heard a gurgling sound. Last night I was in the kitchen washing the dishes and was running the washer at the same time, when the wash cycle turned over to the rinse cycle and the water was draining from my washer, it began to bubble up out of my kitchen sink! And it was dirty water too…it looked like stuff was floating in it, like the pipes are dirty inside. Why did this happen? It happened again this morning, that when the wash cycle turns over into the rinse, and the rinse cycle turns over into spin cycle, the water bubbles up out of the kitchen sink. The laundry room is inside the bathroom, which is right next to the kitchen. I imagine all of the pipes are connected somehow. My husband thinks the drain leading from the washer is clogged and told me to pour Draino into it. I do not think that is the answer. Thanks for your help!
Good point about the cold weather. I live in the northeast, and we have had several consecutive days where the temperatures have been in the teens and twenties during the day, then in the single digits at night. Maybe that has something to do with it?

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