Have you ever taken a shower at a new place, such as a hotel or a friend’s house, and noticed that your hair feels differently afterwards than it does when you shower at home? As it turns out, there are some very common water contaminants that can negatively affect the look, feel and general healthiness…
How Does Algae in Lakes and Rivers Affect Drinking Water at Home?
Given the fact that we can simply lift a handle and have access to water, it can be easy to forget that all tap water originates somewhere out in the environment. And as it turns out, the conditions of source water in lakes and rivers can have major effects on the quality of our water…
Why are Chemicals in Tap Water a Growing Concern for Pennsylvania and New Jersey Homeowners?
Chemicals are used for a number of different purposes all over the country every single day. And as the usage of chemicals increases, so does the risk of those chemicals getting into the water that we use for drinking and bathing in our homes. Today we’re going to talk about the growing concern behind chemicals…
10 Signs That Your Home Needs a Water Treatment System
Although nearly every homeowner can benefit from filtering and/or softening their tap water, water treatment systems are still not “standard” appliances like dishwashers and washing machines that can be found in almost every home. But the truth is that a water treatment system can solve many problems in your home that you might not have…
How the Source of Your Home’s Tap Water Can Affect Its Quality
There are many different ways that tap water can get contaminated. As a result, water quality issues can vary greatly from city to city and even from home to home. One of the most prominent factors that plays into the quality of your home’s tap water is where that water originates from. Today we’re going…
What is Chloramine and Why is it Added to Drinking Water?
Many people are aware of the fact that water treatment plants add chlorine to drinking water supplies in order to disinfect them. But in recent years there has been an increased use of another, lesser-known type of disinfectant called chloramine. Given the fact that more than one in five Americans use drinking water that has…
How Does Cryptosporidium Get into Tap Water and How Can You Remove It?
Water treatment plants use chlorine as their primary disinfectant ingredient. And although chlorine is a very powerful disinfectant, there are some water contaminants that are resistant to the chemical. One such contaminant is cryptosporidium, which is the cause of a waterborne disease that can have some serious health consequences. Today we’re going to talk about…
Can a Water Softener Remove Iron from your Home’s Water?
The purpose of a water softener is to remove hardness minerals from your water in order to prevent the many issues associated with hard water. As a side effect of the water softening process, water softeners can also remove small traces of a few other contaminants, including iron. But just because a water softener can…
Can a Water Softener Remove Iron from the Tap Water in your Greater Philadelphia Area Home?
Water softeners serve a specific purpose: they remove hardness minerals from your tap water. But as it turns out, the ion exchange process that’s used by water softeners can also remove traces of a few other types of water contaminants, including iron. Today we’re going to talk about whether or not a water softener alone…