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Many American families have a water softener in their homes. In fact, 85% of Americans have hard water, while only 25% of households report having a water softener installed. From mildly inconvenient to plumbing and appliance ruining, hard water can have a lasting impact on you and your home.What Is Hard Water?Whether water is hard or not is dependent on the presence of two water-soluble minerals,...

Depending on where you live, you may have heard the terms “hard water” and “soft water” before. So what is hard water and why is it so bad?

Commercial reverse osmosis systems in the 2,000 gallons per day to 8,000 gallons per day arena are some of the most popular systems on the planet. If you Google “commercial reverse osmosis systems” you with come up with 6.4 million results! If that seems like a lot, let me assure you that most of the listings are NOT commercial reverse osmosis systems.  While I do not k...

By purchasing a reverse osmosis system online and installing the system yourself, you can save a ton of money. Installation is easy with this step by step guide

Unless you live in a part of the country where the weather is always hot or always pretty cold, you most likely have some type of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) System.  In a modern home, that HVAC system may consist of the following components:  Furnace  Air Conditioner  Humidifier  Media Filter  Electronic Air Cleaner or Ultraviolet Air Disin...

Tannin has been a perplexing foe to water treatment specialists for decades now. There has been essentially one tried and true method that has stood the test of time, but to be honest, it’s a bit of a pain in the neck.What is tannin? Why is it so challenging to remove?Simply put, tannin is dissolved organic material. It appears in surface and groundwater from dissolved plant tissue and veget...

Water stores or water shops (as they are sometimes called) have been popping up across the USA for many years now. Many opportunists see what a gallon of water costs and realize that they can make a 2000% profit… or more. Ah, if it were really that simple.  Now, don’t get me wrong – some of these water stores are v...

With all of this year's madness, 2020 will likely go down in history as one of the craziest years ever. To make matters worse, now city officials in Lake Jackson, Texas, have issued a disaster declaration on September 26, 2020, in response to drinking water contaminated with a brain-eating amoeba. The city is under a "do not use water order," and has requested an emergency declaration from the state.

Water is the main component of beer, and it has one of the greatest influences on the beer’s flavor. Historically, brewers used the water locally available to brew their beer, leading to the distinct regional flavor profiles that exist globally. For instance, West Germany’s Dortmund has water that is very hard. It is rich in calcium, sulfates, and chlorides. The small coal-mining town&...

Recently, a customer asked the following question: You say the Disrupter tannin filter is successful 85-90% of the time.  What are the causes of the 10-15% non-successes?  Are you not able to test water beforehand to know whether or not the filter will remove the tannins successfully? I wish it were that simple, but it isn't!  We have identified several contaminants that affect th...

Water for Your Pets We love our pets in the USA, and we aren’t afraid to pamper them. The American Pet Products Association or APPA, have divulged that in 2019 $95.7 Billion (that is in real dollars) was spent on pet products in the USA.   The breakdown of that money spent is as follows:  Breakdown:      Pet Food & Tre...

I think a better question is “why would you not want a water softener controlled with a Smartphone App?”  Some people will say “Well that is just too fancy for me.”   Humor me for a second:  If you have ever had a water softener and the power went out and you had to re-program it, how did that go?    “Do I push the do...