Yuck! What’s that smell? How to treat that “rotten egg” smell coming from...
Common Water Problems: Sulfur Your home’s water supply can have many issues depending upon the area in which you live. As a universal solvent, water absorbs a little of almost everything it comes in...
View ArticleAnswer These 5 Questions To Help Decide Which Water Treatment System is Right...
Choosing The Right Water Treatment System You’ve had enough of itchy skin, scrubbing your tub for twenty minutes trying desperately to get rid of the filmy reside and feeling a weak dribble of water...
View ArticleTo Ban, or Not to Ban; California’s Water Softener Battle
California’s Water Softener Battle What is going on with California’s water? It’s created controversy in small towns, city governments, and even in the California legislature. Lobbyists, townspeople...
View ArticleThe Drama with Bottled Water
Do you know about the drama with bottled water? It could have its own reality show! It all boils down to a few facts we’ve uncovered. The advertisements and marketing efforts for bottled water...
View ArticleUnquenchable
According to Robert Glennon, the author of Quenchable, America is in the middle of a water crisis. Americans do not place value on water nor do they appreciate water as much as they maybe should....
View ArticleWater Issues Across the U.S.A
How often do you think about water issues? Perhaps, not very often and that is totally normal. Believe it or not, each state and county face their own water issues. The issues range from acid rain to...
View ArticleWe Need Water!
It is a fact that humans need water to survive. We are advised to drink water before bed, as soon as we wake and throughout the day. We can quickly notice the effects of not drinking water such as a...
View ArticleTest Your Knowledge!
Summer is long gone and the kids are back in school. They are off to learn and expand their knowledge. Since we are all about water, we thought it would be cool to test your water knowledge! We have a...
View ArticleHow Water Softeners Function
Water softeners are the most efficient way to remove hardness from water. Water softeners have two components; a brine tank to hold the salt and a resin tank to hold the resin. This can either be two...
View ArticleA Wish for your Water Well
If you have a private drinking well, this is the perfect blog post for you. Does your family get their water from a private water well? Do you know if this is safe drinking? Are you feeling sick from...
View ArticleMyths about Water Softeners
The U.S. Department of the Interior defines hard water at 1 to 3.5 grains per gallon of calcium and magnesium bicarbonates occurring naturally in the water. About 80 percent of the water in the United...
View ArticleYellow Stains
Do you see yellow stains in the bottom of your toilet bowl or the bottom your bath tub? You may be a victim of high iron in your water. What you are seeing is the rust from the iron overload. What to...
View ArticleWorld Toilet Day
World Toilet Day was on November 19th and the international day declared by the United Nations objective was aimed to ‘break the taboo’ around toilets and draw attention to the global sanitation...
View ArticleFreshwater Scarcity Solution?
During a discussion of fresh water shortage, you may have heard someone mention, “Why don’t we just tow an iceberg?” Although, they may be trying to solve the problem of not having water, towing an...
View ArticleWater Filtration History!
Treating water has been around for a very long time. In fact, water treatment dates back to 200 BC. We knows this because the ancient Greek and Sanskrit (India) writings indicate that the use of...
View ArticleUNICEF Tap Project
Water is a scarcity. According to this year’s State of the World’s Children report, only 39 percent of rural households in Niger have access to safe drinking water. Approximately 768 million people do...
View ArticleWe Still Use Water Towers?
Have you ever seen a water tower and wondered if there was water inside the tower or if people still use water towers? Every city has a water tower but does every city use their water tower? Those are...
View ArticleZeolite!
Remember in our blog post, ‘How Water Softeners Function’, we mentioned the ion exchange process? The ion exchange occurs as the well water flows through the resin beads. The negative charged...
View ArticleWhy is the pH Level Important?
Did you know that many of our beverages have a pH measure in them? It is true! The pH stands for Potential of Hydrogen. pH is the measure of acidity in substances. Apple juice, coffee and milk all have...
View ArticleGroundwater Pumping = Earthquakes?
A new study suggests that pumping a large amount of groundwater for irrigation in California’s agriculture belt can increase the risk of small earthquakes. There have been reports of immoderate pumping...
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