Guides to Melbourne water.
What comes through the mains, the numbers behind it, and what a filter can and cannot do about it. Written by the team that fits the systems, caveats and all.
What is in Melbourne tap water?
Melbourne tap water quality, drawn from the 2024-25 reports of Yarra Valley Water, South East Water, Greater Western Water and Melbourne Water: chlorine levels, hardness, fluoride, pH, discoloured water, and which retailer supplies which suburbs.
Whole house water filter options compared
Eco Purify side by side with a typical installer package, a bare kit fitted by your own plumber, an under-sink filter and a jug: what each one treats, its cost over time, and what its price leaves out.
Changing the cartridges in a three-stage whole house water filter
A step-by-step for 20 inch three-stage systems: isolate the supply, release the pressure, replace the sediment, carbon and carbon block cartridges, reseat the O-rings, flush and check for leaks. Plus when to change them and how to read the gauge.
Will a whole house water filter lower your water pressure?
Pressure compared with flow, why housing and port size decide whether you notice a filter at all, what the pressure gauge is telling you, and what the bypass valve does.
Filter or softener? Melbourne water is already soft, so start there.
How filtering differs from softening, why Melbourne mains water seldom calls for a softener, where the white film on kettles and glassware comes from, and when buying a softener is money wasted.
Do water filters remove fluoride? Carbon does not, but some filters do.
Why Melbourne adds fluoride to its water, why carbon filters let it through, the technologies that do remove it (reverse osmosis, activated alumina, bone char), and the cost of doing that at one tap.
Whole house or under-sink filter: which suits your home?
What each type covers, what each costs to buy and run in Melbourne, and a decision table to help you pick between filtering one tap and filtering at the mains.
What a whole house water filter costs in Melbourne
Our fixed installed price and each item it covers, market ranges for supply-only and installed systems, what a plumber charges on top, Care Plan cost per year against buying cartridges yourself, and what moves the price (meter location, pipe size, access).
Chlorine in your shower water
Why a Melbourne shower smells of chlorine, its effect on skin and hair, a shower filter compared with whole-home carbon filtration, and what carbon cannot remove, fluoride included.
Got a question we have not covered?
Give us a call. If whole-home filtration is not right for your home, we will tell you.