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The Home Water Lab Puts Water Systems on the Numbers
An independent guide to water softeners, whole-house filters, well-water treatment and reverse-osmosis systems, with dated prices, specifications and cost comparisons.
Field notes
The project begins with a household water condition rather than a product category: scale, uncertain softener sizing, dealer pricing or well-water odor each leads to a different path. Its stated method dates hand-read prices and places equipment, installation and consumables into ten-year ranges. The database currently covers 22 systems, while the hardness reference spans 50 states and Washington, DC using USGS sourcing. Manufacturer claims are explicitly labeled as such rather than presented as independent findings.
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