Maybe something is wrong with your pipes. I have dozens of plants and only the orchids need filtered water. Where did you hear that Cambridge water is bad?

tbf only one of my plants is sensitive to it and its known for being sensitive to hard water. And IDK I've just heard complaints about it. Its not like unsafe or anything I'm sure

Cambridge water is perfectly fine, pretty much all cities and towns treat their water

heres an example of a thread where people are talking about high mineral content and hardness: https://www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeMA/comments/kr6kv8/comment/gi7wmlk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

yeah not against treated water, I've just heard that the water is relatively hard, which can dry out hair. Definitely not a safety thing, just a cosmetic one for me See: https://www.reddit.com/r/CambridgeMA/comments/kr6kv8/comment/gi7wmlk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

I'm happy with this;

Culligan HSH-C135 Hand-Held Filtered Massage Showerhead, 10,000 Gallon, Chrome

Amazon has it for $78.50, but I paid $51.99 a couple of years ago.

Thanks for the suggestion will definitely check it out!

Cambridge water is great, but you are accurate that it is harder than typical New England water and has a higher pH, and you may notice that in the shower. But also it's winter, there's no humidity, and everything is gonna seem dryer than you might like.

I've never had an issue with plants though.

I have an AquaBliss filter, and it's definitely made a difference with my hair. I didn't realize how much the water here can have an effect until I was in NYC last year for a week and noticed how much softer my hair was, even with using the same products.

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Yeah one of the comments there cites the Cambridge government’s website saying the water doesn’t have high mineral levels.

They don't add minerals, but they are there - thats what is meant by "moderately hard". Not as bad as some other places in the country, but not necessarily ideal

Thanks for sharing your experience! I'll have to check that out!

Massachusetts water is some of the best in the nation. Eastern Massachusetts plumbing infrastructure on the other hand…

As a New Yorker, I can attest to this. My hair is not happy in Cambridge ;(

Cambridge has different water than the rest of the Boston area

https://jolieskinco.com/products/the-jolie-showerhead

Cambridge is notorious for having hard / mineral heavy water compared to Somerville and the city of boston in general. My hair reacted the same way when i moved to east cambridge and i thought i was going crazy. I got a shower head to help a bit (mostly helped with the pressure honestly) and just resorted to splashing some bottled water in my hair after a shower to ease it a bit. There are filters for homes though (expensive) and I've heard mixed things about the shower head filters. Best of luck!

Cambridge water is only crappy for machines with heating elements and spouts after really long periods of time. Shower head filters are useless (think about the size of the cartridge vs the volume of water going through). There is nothing in the water that would be bad for plants. It’s all in your head.