Archive For June, 2010

Wisconsin Water Department Wins Tap Water Taste Test

By | June 25, 2010

For some people the idea of a ‘tap water taste test’ makes no sense — because THEIR tap water tastes like chlorine (test for chlorine), smells like rotten eggs (test for hydrogen sulfide), has a metallic taste to it (test for heavy metals), and/or leaves deposits on fixtures (test for water hardness). Hydrogen Sulfide Test [...]

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Reducing Chlorine in the Yard

By | June 24, 2010

If you have chlorine in the water going into your home, you also have it coming out of the spigots on the side of your house and therefore it also flows out of your garden hoses, lawn sprinklers, etc. For those of you with nice cars that you like to hand wash or gardens that [...]

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Hard Water and Gardening

By | June 23, 2010

If you have a green thumb, or at least TRY to have a green thumb, then the following information about water filtration products for gardening applications may benefit you. First of all, determine if you have excess water hardness coming out of your garden hose using a test kit such as the WaterSafe Chlorine & [...]

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Water Quality Testing Scam

By | June 22, 2010

We have written about this sort of thing in the past and we will probably write about it many more times in our lifetime… Phony state/county/government representatives going door-to-door claiming they need to test residents’ water, finding a problem, and then pushing additional water testing and/or water purification products on homeowners. This time some scandalous [...]

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Chemicals Found in Mountain Island Lake Fish (Metals and PCB’s)

By | June 21, 2010

A recent study done on fish and sediment taken from Mountain Island Lake in North Carolina detected higher than expected, and some cases safe, levels of toxic metals and PCB’s. Toxic chemicals and heavy metals are collecting in the tissue of fish and the sediment beneath the water of Mountain Island Lake, according to a [...]

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Follow Water Testing Blog on Twitter

By | June 18, 2010

Users of Twitter can now easily follow all future updates to WaterTestingBlog.Com by going here: www.twitter.com/watertestblog. We hope our posting updates on Twitter will make accessing the information we provide even easier for everyone!

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West Nile Virus and Water Quality

By | June 18, 2010

This year the State of Washington plans to take no chances when it comes to getting the jump on a potentially deadly disease known as the West Nile Virus, a disease that made 38 people ill last year in the state… and one of those made sick by West Nile lost their life. Testing began [...]

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Filter Media for Iron Removal and/or Manganese Removal

By | June 18, 2010

If you find yourself in possession of a whole house manganese and iron water filter and have a need to replenish the filter’s media, CQ-BR Filter Media offers an effective filtration solution. In most cases raw water entering the home will contain iron in the +2 ionic state (ferrous) which makes it practically impossible to [...]

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Arsenic Water Filter for Commercial Applications

By | June 17, 2010

We have repeatedly posted information about arsenic remediation systems for residential and small commercial applications, but what about the ‘big boys/girls’ who have arsenic in their water? What about them? Fear not, because we recently learned that Filter Water a leading retailer of water testing, water filtration and drinking water contaminant elimination equipment has started [...]

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You Can Help Prevent Recreational Water Illnesses (RWI’s)

By | June 17, 2010

As the beginning of Summer 2010 approaches and more people flock to local swimming pools in an effort to cool off, the risk of waterborne illness from parasites increases. Recreational Water Illnesses (RWI’s) typically occur when people do not practice simple hygiene before and during their pool visits. In the event of a recreational water [...]

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