Yes, the LivingWaters 5-stage Fluoride filter will remove the fluoride used in England.

England is using hexafluorosilicic acid, which is also the most common fluoridation additive in the United States.

The fluoride water filter uses fine a mesh activated alumina media to remove 95% of fluoride from typical municipal water, which has 2 parts per million of fluoride.

Question:
I am looking for a filter I can connect in-line to my water line to go to an automatic espresso machine. The espresso machine company recommends a filter that will remove all sediment and calcium. Its not clear to me that calcium can be filtered from water. Can you provide any insight or recommendations. This is the espresso machine:

DeLonghi Espresso/Cappucino maker

I plan to run water line teeing off from the line to my refrigerator ice maker. It is 1/4" compression fitting, but then I must convert it to a 3/4" to the espresso machine. Since my refrigerator does not have a filter for the ice maker, I plan to put the filter BEFORE doing the tee.

I would like a filter I can neatly tuck behind the refrigerator, with an easily changeable cartridge, cost effective to replace filters, and that will do a fine job removing sediment and calcium (if that is possible.) I live near Seattle WA and we actually have what I consider very good tap drinking water – at least it tastes great, and we don’t need water softeners, etc, though I know there is some calcium in the tap water.

Answer:

You are right, calcium is difficult to filter, and when you do, it leaves the water with a flat taste because you also remove all the other great tasting minerals.

To remove most of the calcium requires reverse osmosis...not exactly something you can stuff behind the refrigerator and forget about for a while.

The reason for removing calcium for water to an espresso machine is to avoid calcium buildup in the machine. When the water is heated, it evaporates and leaves calcium behind.

Personally, I'd leave the calcium in the water and clean out the espresso machine from time to time. If your water is not that hard, it may not have that much calcium anyway.

For your filter, here is one that will fit nicely in a small space:

A Living waters refrigerator filter. This will remove sediment, lead, bad taste, odor, chlorine, and many other chemicals. This is a ceramic filter that needs to be replaced about once a year and can be washed if clogged with lots of sediment (unlikely with city water).

http://www.mrwaterfilter.com/refrigerator/mwfrf-01.shtml

If you had any other concerns about your water, you could use any other under sink filter (e.g., fluoride removal, nitrate removal, etc.), but additional clearance behind the fridge would be needed.

This answer requires a little background.

KDF-55 is a mixture of Zinc and Copper, as certain impurities are removed from the water, Zinc and Copper ions are released.

Zinc and Copper are both essential minerals for the human body, however it is possible for some people to get too much copper, because a small percentage of the population retains copper. Getting too much zinc on a modern diet isn't likely at all.

Now to the answer, and the good news: the amount of zinc and copper added to your water by KDF-55 is insignificant.

Here is part of a test report from an independent lab, which was commissioned by the makers of KDF (emphasis added):

Sample 2 contained water that had been eluted through the KDF column prior to inoculation and there is substantial die-off of the bacteria compared to the control water. This die-off is very likely due to small amounts of copper and zinc ions that are eluted (less than 0.025 ppm copper and less than 1ppm zinc). This result is not unexpected since it is well documented that copper is toxic to bacteria.

You can read the entire report here: http://www.kdfft.com/lab_biological.htm