Archive For March, 2010
While reverse osmosis does do an excellent job of removing bacteria and other biological matter, one should not rely upon it as their sole bacteria removal system — especially when treating raw water from the environment — because particularly small biological matter can occasionally slip through the pores of the RO filter.
If bacteria or other [...]
No one REALLY wants to break out the tools and replace the filter housing on their home water filtration system… but sometimes life makes us do things we don’t want. For that reason, we have opted to list some common water filter housings that hopefully you will never, ever have to purchase.
Pentek 150015 3/4″ Slim [...]
Now that you have gone and done something very wise, like installing carbon monoxide detectors in your home, you may find yourself asking, “Hmmm… How do I TEST a carbon monoxide detector?” So glad you asked! Now you COULD get up on a ladder and exhale cigarette smoke into the thing to see if it [...]
People with homes on city water systems, also called municipal water systems, typically do not have to worry about the quality of their drinking water, though using a drinking water test kit from time to time to make sure does make sense — just in case. Therefore one of the most common complaints heard from [...]
Over the weekend we received word that National Safety Products decide to offer Pool Check 3 Way Test Strips at a really low price — but only for a limited time. Normally selling for $7.49 for a bottle of 50 test strips, right now you can pick up a bottle of 50 for just $4.99.
For [...]
We read a LOT of articles dealing with issues that affect the quality of drinking water so it REALLY pleases us to learn that the USEPA plans to make changes to its policies that will allow it to examine more suspected drinking water contaminants faster. Additionally, it sounds as though the changes will allow for [...]
If you have a home water filter system that requires a 2.5″ diameter 20″ Big Blue Sediment Filter, then the following list will definitely come in handy. Below you will find replacement Aqua-Pure and Pentek 20″ x 2.5″ replacement sediment filters for big blue filter housings made by companies like Pentek, Ametek, US Filter and [...]
The recent weather which battered the Northeast and did large amounts of damage to areas not accustomed to such severe weather has also created another problem: potentially contaminated drinking water.
When flood waters containing all sorts of debris and disease-causing bacteria pass over the top of a well, often referred to as a well head, it [...]
Groundwater can become contaminated in a many different ways… which means you WELL WATER can get contaminated just as easily. As an example, a natural event such as flooding from the thawing of snow and ice in Spring often carries water contaminated with bacteria, nitrates, nitrites, etc. into places it ought not go.
Local officials in [...]