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Pump, filters, valve<\/p><\/div>\n

Water in Chicago comes straight from Lake Michigan, and is pretty decent quality in general. Most houses do not have water meters, which I suspect leads to very little incentive to conserve water.\u00a0 During the summer months, especially during lawn-watering season, it’s not unusual for our water to dwindle to a mere trickle.\u00a0 A few spot measurements indicate that our water pressure is normally about 30 psi, but can drop to 15 psi or less at points during the summer.\u00a0 In practical terms, this means that the shower stops if somebody turns on the kitchen faucet.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, my wife requested that I put in a system to remove chlorine from the water, for various health and hairstyle reasons.\u00a0 Even with large, high-flow filters, this necessarily results in a pressure drop through the filters.<\/p>\n

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Pressure Reduction Valve<\/p><\/div>\n

After a number of calculations, and toying with ideas such as placing the hose outlets upstream from the system so as to not bother filtering water that goes on the lawn (a bad idea for an active system, which could potentially draw water into the house from the hoses) I settled on a design which has worked beautifully for months.<\/p>\n

In order from the inlet, the system consists of:<\/p>\n