One of the problems with well water is that its quality can be easily influenced by the location of the well. Since homes with well water tend to be in rural areas, many private wells are located near farms that grow food and/or raise livestock. There are a number of contaminants that are produced by…
Does Your City Disinfect Water with Chloramine? Here’s Why You Should Consider Removing It
For many years, chlorine was the disinfectant that was most commonly used by water treatment plants to treat drinking water supplies. Chlorine is extremely effective at killing dangerous pathogens and other contaminants that could otherwise cause waterborne illnesses. But in recent years, many cities have been switching to chloramine as their primary disinfectant. And like…
What are Trihalomethanes in Water and How Do They Affect Our Health?
Prior to the 1900’s, much of the drinking water in the United States was at a high risk for containing dangerous pathogens that were responsible for various life-threatening illnesses. This threat was nearly eliminated with the advent of using chlorine as a disinfectant in public water supplies. Although chlorinating drinking water has proven to be…
Does a Reverse Osmosis Filter Remove Bacteria From Tap Water?
There are many different types of water contaminants, and they can differ greatly both in their behavior and their size and shape. As a result, different methods of filtration are better at removing certain contaminants than others. Bacteria are a category of contaminants that many homeowners are concerned about, which is why we often hear…
Why Are Hidden Water Contaminants a Serious Problem in Tap Water?
Homeowners often come to us because they can sense that something is wrong with their water. The problem might be a bad taste, an offensive odor, floating particles or even a strange color. These are all great reasons to install a water system in your home, but there are many other homeowners who don’t even…
Bacteria in Tap Water: How Does it Get There and How Can Your Avoid It?
It might come as a surprise that bacteria is a concern for tap water. After all, we wash our hands in tap water with the intention of avoiding bacteria in the first place! As it turns out, however, bacteria can show up in many different forms in public and private water supplies. Today we’re going…
How Do I Know if I Have Hard Water or Soft Water?
If you were given a glass of water and asked to determine whether the water was soft or hard, you might have a tough time doing it. That’s because water’s hardness isn’t made most apparent by the way that it looks, but rather by the effects that it has on your body and your home….
Does Your Home’s Tap Water Irritate Your Eyes? Here’s Why and What You Can Do About It!
The contaminants in your tap water can affect your body in a number of different ways. Not only can poor water quality affect your health when you drink your home’s tap water, but it can also affect your body when you shower, wash your hands and perform any other daily task that involves water. One…
What Are the Effects of Washing Organic Produce in Unfiltered Tap Water?
As more and more studies are performed on the food that we eat in America, many questions are being raised about the health effects of chemicals and farming practices that are used to grow our fruits and vegetables. As a reaction to this, people are buying more organic produce now than they ever have before….