Learn more about water filtration

What's in your water across Southeast Louisiana, from the Northshore to New Orleans, what it does to you, and what actually fixes it. Sources linked on every article.

The water, explained

Why your glasses come out of the dishwasher cloudy

It looks exactly like hard water. The real culprit is silica, and etched glass never comes back.

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Why your tap water tastes like a pool

Chloramine, the disinfectant that will not gas off, why you can taste it, and what actually removes it.

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Is Northshore water hard or soft?

The question every softener salesman hopes you never look up. The actual numbers, system by system.

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Chlorine or chloramine: which does your town use?

The town-by-town table, and why it changes which filter your house needs.

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How to read a water quality report

Your utility publishes one every year. What the numbers mean at your tap.

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Well water on the Northshore

Iron, sulfur, and the rotten-egg smell: what causes each and what fixes each.

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What reverse osmosis actually removes

And what it does not. Both lists, in plain terms.

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What's actually in New Orleans tap water

The river, the treatment, and what the published numbers say by the time it reaches Uptown or Metairie.

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Is Metairie water hard?

River water carries real calcium, and the softener question deserves a straight answer over there.

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The pink stuff in your shower is not your water

It's an airborne bacteria that no water filter touches. What it is and what to do.

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