Bicyclebill Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Well I just learned something new today. Many years back, I confirmed with Tigard water officials that the water supply sourced from Portland used chloramines for treatment. I got my most recent Tigard water pamphlet thingy yesterday and it only mentioned chlorine. So I emailed, and got confirmation back that Tigard no longer sources from Portland and instead partnered with Lake Oswego and no longer uses chloramines. The difference means my RO carbon pre filters should last significantly longer since I'm set up for chloramine removal, and that uses up carbon significantly faster than chlorine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 I'm curious what water source we're getting. I'm in unicorporated WaCo, Cedar Mill, 97229, west side of the hill. Thanks for the inspiration to chase this down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 The source of your water is divided into districts.. Each district is required by law to provide annual water quality reports. Here is the washington county district breakdown. https://www.co.washington.or.us/AssessmentTaxation/Elections/water-districts.cfm 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markvo Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Thanks Bill. It's good to know we no longer have chloramines in our source water. I won't buy any more expensive chloramine filters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obrien.david.j Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Thanks for the help. We are: Tualatin Valley Water District Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefnjunkie Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) 21 hours ago, markvo said: Thanks Bill. It's good to know we no longer have chloramines in our source water. I won't buy any more expensive chloramine filters. Im not so sure I would stop using the chloramine filters, whats the chance they switch water sources if there is a problem (as Portland has in the past) and you wont know until its to late. Portland has some of the brightest and wisest decision makers/leaders Edited June 18, 2020 by reefnjunkie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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