Hi...Here is something to ...

Hi...Here is something to consider, but is only one perspective:  Fluoride is among the most challenging contaminants to remove. I too live in a very rural community (about 47 people) and we have fluoride issues in our groundwater. Our small town received a federal grant to commission an RO system that cost about $800k. It was installed on the town well about 10 years ago. But it is overkill and quite costly to operate for such a small community. Moreover, our community is so small that no one was trained properly to operate the system on a reliable basis. Depending on the size of your community, you may want to consider point-of-use RO devices for treating high-fluoride water. They are inexpensive and remove about 95% of the F. A typical under-the-counter RO device for the kitchen can produce ample drinking and cooking water for entire families. The 12-inch membranes in the devices are now rated at 150 GPD. The entire unit with a permeate pump to minimize brine waste costs about $350. The membranes last at least a couple of years under normal use conditions and replacement cost is about $50. One advantage of this "distributed" treatment approach is that if one or a few units happen to fail, then potable water is still available from a neighbor until the failed ones are fixed or replaced. Most people can easily install these units themselves, but it would be easy enough to also hire a plumber to do the installation. It only takes about an hour. Membrane replacement tales only about 10 minutes of fiddling around. The permeate quality is easy to monitor by anyone and can be done in a few minutes with a cheap TDS meter that can be purchased on eBay. Some RO units have this feature built in. Hope this viewpoint helps.