Water and Health Are Linked Water and health are linked. According to the CDC, the top causes of disease outbreaks related to drinking water are Giardia intestinalis, hepatitis A, norovirus, and Shigella. Bad as that sounds, it’s far from a complete list. There are also health risks related to water contaminated with organic and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
How Does E. coli Contaminate Drinking Water and How Can You Avoid It?
It seems like every day there is a town somewhere in the country that issues a boil-water alert due to E. coli contamination of tap water. A quick Google search shows that just this month, E. coli outbreaks were discovered in tap water on both coasts and in the Midwest. Exposure to E. coli can…
How Does Drinking Filtered Water Help With Weight Loss?
One of the most commonly shared pieces of advice that people give about how to lose weight is to drink a lot of water. Although drinking water on its own does not cause weight loss, the side effects of drinking water and choosing water over other beverages can help you lose weight for a number…
What is Water Quality? A Look at the Potential Issues Plaguing Your Water
Before you choose a water treatment system for your home, you should be aware of all of the potential problems that your water can face. Today we’re going to answer the question, “What is water quality?” and talk about some of the most common issues that plague the water in PA and NJ homes! Water…
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…