Moving to China: Water filters required?

I will be living and working in Beijing as a young professional come next year at the local office of a US firm where I previously worked, and in preperation for my move, I’ve been reading up on life in China, and clean water seems to be an issue.

So I had a couple questions for other expats living there:

1. Would you recommend bringing with you faucet filters and filter pitchers, or should I wait until I get to China and buy something from there?
2. Do the faucet filters brought from the US generally fit Chinese plumbing?
3. Are there specific brands you would recommend?

Tags: pitchers, china water, US, couple questions, china, working in beijing, faucet filters, plumbing

Faucet and shower head parasite water filters?

Just wondering if you guy’s can throw out some links or some info on some faucet and shower head water filter units that attach to the shower and replace the shower head and use filtration types like reverse osmosis and micro levels of 1. I’ll be using one for my kitchen sink, my bathroom sink, and my shower head. I want to be able to easily mount them to the faucets and filter out parasites and micro-organisms.

THANKS!
My city or portion of town has been on a boil alert for like ever. It’s highly contaminated water. Plus worms eggs are in tap water. Unless your city has a bad ass top of the line state of the art water treatment plant. In my part of town, I believe the treatment plant is hella low end. So I will need filters on all water sources that filter at a 1 micro level with reverse osmosis preferably. It’s an apartment, so I can’t really do the house filter, I don’t think. Plus I don’t want to spend much money. I don’t mind buying tons of water at the store but it would be awesome to get filters on all my water sources since I use a nasal rinse in the shower with contaminated water it’s not good. Plus I have allergies and I get a stuffed up nose after using tap water. When I use distilled water, my nose is clear as a whistle.

Tags: nasal rinse, whistle, water treatment plant, top of the line, water filter, bad ass, parasites, filtration types

Why should I use a water filtration system and what kind should I use?

Lately my friends and family have been telling me that I should really be using some kind of water filtration system instead of drinking my water straight from the faucet. I was just wondering if there was any advantage health wise as to drinking filtered water over tap water.

Tags: tap water, health, friends and family, faucet, drinking, filtered water, water filtration system

Best water softener for a bathtub faucet?

I’m not that handy. Would I need to get a plumber to install one? What is a good filter and fair price? Thanks!

Tags: bathtub, water, filter, plumber, faucet, bathtub faucet, fair price, softener, water softener, price

What would cause small white calcium deposits to keep coming through your pipes & clog your faucet filters?

For about a 3 months now, we keep getting these very small pieces of what i think is calcium deposits in our water. In our kitchen and bathroom, where the faucets have aerator filters, I have to clean the filters about once a week or it will severely restrict our water flow in these faucets. I think maybe its because our hot water heater is getting old. Could it be something more serious though???

Tags: week, aerator, hot water heater, calcium deposits, water flow

Pur water filters (faucet mounted) have a green light that turns red when it is time to change the filter.?

I want to know how they work. I have not been able to find an article that explains them.

1. Do they have a detector that detects the amount of time they have been installed?

or

2. Do they have a chemical sensor that detects the composition of the filter contents?

or

3. Do they have a sensor that measures the volume of water passing through the filter since
installation?

or do they work in some other way. What triggers the red light to come on.

Tags: volume, volume of water, sensor, detector, amount of time, chemical, red light, composition

filtered water not distilled water in a fish tank?

i know you cant use distilled bottled water from the store in a fish tank. ive never been explained to as to why but i know its bad lol. but can i use filtered water from my drinking faucet (we have a filtration system under the sink for drinking water). can i get a detailed answer on to why i can or can not use home filtered water.

Tags: cant, lol, Home, bottled water, fish tank, drinking water, filtration system, filtration, drinking faucet, water

Is an undersink water filtration system better?

I have a refrigerator that only has an inline filter instead of the additional (and much desired) second filter in the fridge. We have used the sink faucet one for awhile but it’s so expensive, has to be changed a lot, and is always in the way when I’m doing dishes. Would you recommend getting an undersink filtration system or buying something like Culligan delivered already filtered water?

Tags: fridge, filter, doing dishes, refrigerator, filtration, filtration system

Is it safe to give my 9 1/2 month old filtered tap water?

I have always used the gerber baby water. I have the brita water filter, the one that goes on the faucet. Her doc appt is not until june 24th…just wondering if its ok to use for her formula
Lol im in hilton head south carolina

Tags: tap water, gerber baby, water, faucet, brita water filter, june

Pitcher filters vs faucet filters — which is better?

Currently I’m using the Pur 2-stage filter for pitchers and I am very satisfied with the taste and quality of the water after filtering. I don’t mind the price of the filters and it works well for me.

However, my boyfriend has a problem with how frequently the pitcher has to be refilled. He also doesn’t refill it when he does drink water so I end up having to refill it before I can have any water when I get home from work. :P

I guess I’m just wondering if it’d be worth it to switch to a faucet-mounted filter. It seems more expensive, but I don’t know how long the filter would last. I’d discourage use for anything besides drinking water, but we do drink a lot of water.

What do you guys think? Also, I’ll be sticking with Pur regardless of how I go.

Tags: faucet, price, P I, lot of water, drinking water

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