Water Testing and Analysis

How To Best Grow Legal Cannabis In The USA By far and away the best way to grow legal cannabis in the USA is to do it in a state where it has been legalized. Prison time is not conducive to to growing a booming business. Well… duuuuhhhh! Seriously, there are many “best practices” when it comes to growing cannabis successfully and profitably. However, we are here to discuss what...

If you happen to believe that, you probably better stop reading this right about now.  Many Americans don't even think twice about drinking a glass of water. However, a report recently released by the Environmental Working Group found more than 270 harmful contaminants in local drinking water across the nation. These substances are linked to cancer, damage to the brain and nervous system, h...

A good detailed water analysis is vitally important, especially if you are on well water.  A thorough water analysis is like a blood test or x-ray for your water and is the ONLY way that you can really know what is in your water so that you can properly treat it.  The problem is:  many water tests are expensive and if they aren’t, they are not very accurate. Before I tell you the best way to ...

278. that is the number of zip code areas with lead poisoning levels twice that of Flint Michigan. This number will continue to increase. As of 2019 The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) estimated the total cost of water infrastructure repairs needed is 3.6 trillion dollars by the year 2020. According to the American Water Works Association there are approximately 240,000 water main brea...

QUESTION: Hello, We have well water that was tested 4 days ago; No iron, ph 7.1, hardness GPG 29. We tested a second sample that was treated through a whole house system from Aquasana. The treated water tested 21 GPG hardness. We are miserable with this product. My hair is damaged, skin is dry, fixtures are coated. There is sandy grit in the water and we have 3 sediment filters hooked up. Two fr...

Actually, before you ask that question, you really should ask "Is there really such a thing as a salt free water softener?" You see, some companies are selling what they call "salt free water softeners" as well as "salt water softeners."  That begs the question:  If salt free water softeners worked, why on God's Green Earth would they sell salt water softeners?  No one would buy them. Salt wat...

No, you should never get your water tested - you might find out that something in there is bad for you or you might learn how to treat it properly and who wants to do that?  What are you - Crazy?  Treating your water should be hit and miss proposition.  What good is it to do it scientifically and get it right?  Just mess around with it... try this... try that.... maybe it will work... maybe it...

Chemical contamination or water pollution is something nearly every individual is aware of unless they have been living under a rock. Two chemical contaminants that have been in the news recently have been discovered in an area of Southeastern North Carolina around Cape Fear, Wilmington and surrounding areas.  These are what we call  “emerging contaminants” because they are currently unregul...