Archive For May, 2010
One of the most annoying pool vermin ever: ALGAE.
Whether it greets you when you take the winter or solar cover off of the pool, sneaks up on you because the automatic chlorinator ran out of chlorine two days ago, or invades your pool because the pump and filter died at some point during your 7-day [...]
While a bit off from our normal discussions pertaining to water, we would HATE ourselves if we did not at least take a few seconds to remind people that perfect pool water also makes for the perfect cause of accidental death…
No one wants to think about a loved one such as a child or family [...]
Some people have all the luck and remove their pool cover each and every year without ever finding so much as a single leaf in the pool… while other, less fortunate folks find what looks like entire forests under their pool cover — along with a plethora of stains.
Getting all the leaves out? Back breaking [...]
When we got this question about salt water pools we did not know what to do… because it made us laugh a LOT. You will understand why in a minute, we assure you.
Thank you, Nina from New Jersey, for making us laugh!
Can you help me settle an argument with my stupid husband? He insists [...]
Bottled water back in the news… again. This time in Canada.
A Montreal laboratory is raising worries about bacteria in bottled water, noting they’ve found “revolting” levels that could put certain vulnerable people at risk.
Researchers from C-crest Laboratories in Montreal decided to randomly test bottled water for bacteria after a fellow employee complained of a [...]
Once upon a time, as in just a few years ago, the water division of Nestle boasted some of the largest sales numbers of any bottled water company in History — until opponents of bottled water began asking questions about claims made by bottled water companies that bottled water offered health benefits that tap water [...]
We came across another story pertaining to the natural gas drilling taking place along a stretch of the New York – Pennsylvania border. As part of this article, though, a scientist who studies the effects of natural gas drilling on water resources had a few pieces of advice for residents in areas where the drilling [...]
A few days ago we talked about keeping swimming pools properly maintained so that mosquitoes would not decide to turn it into a hatchery for their young. Today we want to talk about water quality in places many people don’t ever think about… because mosquito hatching time has arrived, folks, and even the smallest bodies [...]
In the past we have talked about reverse osmosis water filtration units and now we want to talk about them again… because apparently Crystal Quest, a leading manufacturer of drinking water filtration products has decided to take things to the next level by coupling some of their RO units with Ultra Filtration and UV Sterilization [...]