March is National Kidney Month and a time to focus on the steps we can take to keep our kidneys happy and healthy. Drinking enough water each day is an important part of your health. After all, about 60-70% of your body weight is made up of water, and every part of your…
The Slippery Slope of Keeping Our Surfaces Safe in Winter
Who hasn’t been stuck behind a spreader and heard the pinging as the road salt hits your car? Or more recently, you can tell a storm is coming when you see the tell tale lines on the roads left from the brining trucks. These certainly help to keep our roads more safely traversed during a…
Staying Hydrated in the Fall and Winter Months
As the cold weather creeps in and you replace shorts and flip flops with jeans and boots, it’s easy to feel like you aren’t as thirsty or that proper hydration is not as important. It makes sense to think that since you’re not sweating from every pore on your body you don’t need to drink…
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. But how exactly does water affect you? What…
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 Chemicals and Perfluorooctanoic Acid in drinking water has increased in an alarming rate. The origin…
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 use of this powerful chemical has a downside….
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 people can stay well hydrated by drinking water and other…
The Many Benefits of Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water
There are many different types of water filtration systems available for filtering your drinking water. They start as simple as a water pitcher filter and can be as advanced as a whole house system that filters all of the water in your home. Perhaps the most effective type of filtration system for purifying your drinking…
Do Water Softeners Reduce Water Pressure in Pennsylvania and New Jersey Homes?
When you install a water softener in your home, you are changing the way that water flows through your pipes. Instead of flowing directly to your taps, your water will first go through your water softener’s tank soon after it enters your home. Some homeowners wonder whether or not this disruption in the flow of…