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Language Barriers in Water Quality
Have you had your water tested recently? Did it seem like the Water Treatment Expert was speaking in a different language when they told you what was in your water? Many homeowners feel like they are back in high school chemistry class with words like: Radium 226...
The Importance of Water To The Body
Are you aware of the fact that the human body is 70 percent water? Well, now you do! Water is essential for regulating body temperature and maintaining other bodily functions. The body loses a lot of water through breathing, sweating, and digestion of foods. It’s...
Boil Water Alerts and Advisories – What They Are and How To Protect Yourself and Your Family
What is a Boil Water Advisory (BWA)? Boil Water Advisories are often issued by water municipalities when damage occurs to a water line or parts of the main water distribution system. These alerts are also issued for a loss in water pressure, allowing bacteria to...
Advantages of Soft Water
It’s no secret that hard water in your taps can be a terrible nuisance; we bet you’ve heard friends or neighbors blame the hard water in the local area for metallic-tasting water or limescale on their faucets and fixtures. Hard water problems are widespread and impact...
Stormwater Runoff – The Impact It Has On Our Environment and What You Can Do About It
In urban and suburban areas, much of the land surface is covered by buildings and pavement, which do not allow rain and snowmelt to soak into the ground. Instead, most developed areas rely on storm drains to carry large amounts of runoff from roofs and paved areas...
What Hard Water is Doing to Your Skin
Do you sometimes feel that no matter what you do for your skin—cleanse regularly, exfoliate, moisturize, etc.—your skin simply doesn't look its best? This could be for a reason that might have never occurred to you before: hard water. It turns out that over 85% of...
Why We Need to Drink More Water
At EPA Water Consultants, we stress the importance of clean water. One of the reasons being because drinking water correlates with your health. Considering roughly 65% of our bodies are made up of water it makes sense the importance of water is key for our survival....
The PFOS/PFOA Water Contamination Crisis
The existence of Perfluorinated Chemicals and Perfluorooctanoic Acid in drinking water has increased at an alarming rate. Water contamination has turned into a critical issue that can't be overlooked any more. What are PFOS/PFOA's? The existence of Perfluorinated...
The History of a Chlorinated Water Supply and Should You Be Drinking It?
Every day, millions of people drink chlorinated tap water. Chlorine is used by the public and private water suppliers to keep our water clean by disinfecting it and killing germs. And it does a marvelous job at eliminating most pathogens from the water we drink. But...
The Holiday Weekend Is Here: The Importance of Staying Hydrated
Path to improved wellness You should drink water every day. Most people have been told they should drink 6 to 8, 8-ounce glasses of water each day. That is a reasonable goal. However, different people need different amounts of water to stay hydrated. Most healthy...