Have you ever considered the complexity of the pipes that run throughout the inside of your home? Every faucet, shower head, bath, toilet, ice maker, dishwasher, washing machine, water heater and humidification unit is connected to a delicate system of plumbing. Now imagine if one of these pipes bursts on the second floor of your [...]
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Help Your Home’s Plumbing With A Water Treatment System
Posted on 06 May 2013.
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Save Money Through Better Water
Posted on 24 April 2013.
People are always looking for ways to save money, and surprisingly, water is a subject of many financial debates. You should never have to pay more than necessary for the most basic of items, which is why the cost of tap water itself isn’t much. There are varying costs associated with water, and many people pay too [...]
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It’s not Science Fiction, it’s Reverse Osmosis
Posted on 13 April 2013.
If you love science fiction films, you’ve probably seen scenes in which futuristic-looking devices provide people in space with pure, clean water. But thanks to the advancement of the in-home reverse osmosis system, this pure, refined water that Hollywood depicted is a reality. The truth of the matter is that reverse osmosis has been used [...]
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Being exposed to radiation won’t make you a super hero, but it will make you super sick!
Posted on 28 March 2013.
If you love science fiction and action movies, chances are pretty good you have seen an average person get exposed to radiation in which they go home, sleep it off and wake up possessing super human abilities. Even the longest running show in television history featured a minor character appropriately named Radioactive Man who took [...]
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Water Softener or Water Conditioner?
Posted on 15 March 2013.
This is a question we get many times a day. Water softeners are one of the following: systems that use the ion exchange process with salt; reverse osmosis systems; deionization systems; or distillation systems to produce water that is below 1 grain of hardness per gallon (GPG). In the interests of full disclosure, I am [...]
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How Water Helps Sell Homes
Posted on 02 March 2013.
How Water Helps Sell Homes Are you planning on selling your home soon? The market is highly competitive, and sometimes it takes more than granite countertops and walk-in-closets to sell a home. In order for someone to consider buying a house, they must first picture their family growing safely within its walls. Just as clean [...]
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My Personal Water Story
Posted on 23 February 2013.
It’s no surprise that water supplies across the nation, from cities to small towns to rural areas, are affected by contaminates and pollutants. Water will always pose threats. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency has statistics that show the number of cases reported from people who got sick from drinking tap water, as well as [...]
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Don’t Be Hassled With Hard Water
Posted on 17 February 2013.
Do you wash your clothes and they come out feeling harsh or looking dingy? After you shower, do you feel like there is a film of sticky soap left on your skin? Is your hair starting to look dull and lifeless? Have you dishes lost their shine? If you have experienced one or all of [...]
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What about a wiper on a UV light?
Posted on 20 November 2012.
Some of you don’t know what I am referring to when I say a “wiper on a UV bulb.” OK, here is what a wiper does: It used to be that some ultraviolet lights (especially commercial ones) utilized a rod that had an seal or o-ring connected to it that you could slide the rod [...]
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If You Want to Fix Bad Water, You Need to Test it First
Posted on 25 October 2012.
Nearly everyone we talk to says that they have bad water. Many say their water is the worst that we can imagine. While it seems so to many of them, they really have no point of reference as to how bad their water really is. They just know that they don’t like it and that [...]
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