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The level of success depends on the quality...

Of the water in your local system. I used to live in Ocean City, MD and the neighborhood that I lived in was served by a local well and small distribution system. The first 4 years that we lived there the water that was delivered was sort of red and stained everything that it came in contact with.

We ended up spending $5000 on a really good water treatment system and the quality of the water that was fed to our home, including the outside faucets, was so good that any testing of the water yielded no suspended particles. It was about as good as triple distilled water and it could be used to clean LPs without any problems.

I moved to the Baltimore area, please don't ask why, and the quality of the water here is much worse than in my former home. Since I've lived here I have had one toilet replaced due to build up of calcium deposits and there is another toilet that is showing signes of the same thing.

I have one of those refrigerators with a split door with the freezer on one side and frig on the other. On the freezer side there is ice and water dispensers. The water dispenser has whie stains on the paddle that you press with the glass and it has to be cleaned at least once a week.

Like I said it is very dependant on water quality and that is as variable as the neighborhood that you live in. Assuming anything could be wrong. You can buy a small and inexpensive test kit that can test the quality of your water. If you are interested in what is coming out of your tap.

Its a very good thing to know and it can explain why you may have to replace faucets and plumbing fixtures as often as you do. Water softener systems can be had for much less than the $5000 I wrote about above. My system was the extreme, whole house thing, with double tank reverse osmosis drinking water system and extra filtering. If you need a water treatment system it may be much less expensive for your needs.

Ed
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