If you have been living with hard water for years, installing a water softener is a huge change. Not only will your hair, clothes, and skin be cleaner and healthier, but so will your pipes and appliances. Hard water damages everything it touches, leaving that awful flaky residue known as scale Read more…
When the tap in your home is running hard water, the signs are nearly impossible to miss. Every sink, faucet, and toilet are marked with that awful chalky residue and no matter how many times you scrub it off with vinegar, it always comes back. Of course, hard water isn’t Read more…
Living in a world full of beauty products and advanced skin cleansers, fighting a breakout can be frustrating. After all, with access to the bath section of any grocery or department store, we should be able to solve every non-medical skin condition under the sun. Dry skin? No problem, throw Read more…
We all know that soft water has certain benefits. It cuts down on incidences of eczema and psoriasis, especially in children, and it eliminates scale build-up in your sinks and bathtubs. However, there is more to water softeners. Yes, diluting the minerals in your water can garner many more benefits Read more…
For anyone who has had a fish aquarium, when they add water to their tank they know to use products that will de-chlorinate tap water. If chlorine in water is bad for fish, is it also bad for humans? What is the good, the bad and the ugly about chlorinated drinking Read more…
There doesn’t seem to be much chatter about iron levels in drinking water. Lack of discussion does not mean, however, that it is something a household should not be concerned about. Although it can do a body good, as with anything, too much of a good thing can turn into a bad thing. Read more…
Hard water is water that contains considerable amounts of minerals such as magnesium and calcium. It picks up these minerals as it passes through deposits in the ground, which is why it is a phenomenon that varies from location to location. Hard water is actually the most common type of Read more…
If your home suffers from hard, iron water or has a bad smell and taste, or you are concerned with the amount of chlorine in the water system, then it is time to consider having a water purifier installed in your home or place of business. With the declining quality and purity of Read more…
A filter on the kitchen tap will get rid of many problems in drinking water, but it doesn’t solve all water problems. Sediment can result in poorer washing of dishes and clothes. Minerals can damage pipes and appliances. Where situations like these are a concern, a whole house water filtration Read more…
Chromium-6 is the cancer-causing metal made famous in the 2000 film Erin Brockovich, which starred Julia Roberts. Is history repeating itself? According to a study published on September 20, 2016 by the Environmental Working Group, the unfortunate answer may be “yes”. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) is a “non-profit, non-partisan Read more…