Question:
Whole house water filtration - experiences?

My parents moved into a townhouse community a while ago, and when I've gone to visit, I've found they have a lot of water problems. Aside from the pressure being low, which is merely an inconvenience, the water tastes and smells dirty and very fishy. Cooking with it alters the taste of meals, and using one or two blocks of ice ruins a whole drink. Sometimes even the dishes and clothes have a slight odour after being washed. Occasionally I've turned on the tap to see the water coming out brown, enough that the sinks have to be scrubbed to remove residue. The townhouse community was only built about 5 years ago, and it all runs the local water supply.

I've installed water purification on the taps, but I've recently discovered that it's possible to buy whole house filtration systems. I have no idea how to go about researching these. Does anyone have experience with them? How are they, cost-wise? Are they worth the investment? Do they require a lot of construction, maintenance, etc?

Answer: yes whole house filtration is possible a water test is recommended to find whats wrong.usually supplys that serve more then 10 people or so reequire chlorine to disenfect water but if thats not the case here you can try a few things that will improve the quality thruout the house .a large carbon tank 2 cubic feet and replace it yearly cost could be about 300-500 a year.if thats not enough then there are some systems that are fairly costly but will work like a whole house reverse osmossis with ozone being injected ,break out the check book for this one and keep a spare room for someone to maintain it lol