Archive For July, 2010
The idea that people would still think it perfectly normal and OK to urinate, or pee, in the swimming pool still astounds us. All this doesn’t mean you need to ditch your pool plans. Plewa offers recommendations for pool operators and swimmers to reduce hazardous chemicals and make for safer pool water. “Care should be [...]
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Occasionally we will receive an inquiry from someone looking to remove specific contaminants from their drinking water. ‘Debi’ sent an email asking: Looking to purchase a countertop water filter. Are you able to recommend a countertop water filter that removes VOCs, Alachlor and benzene? As a matter of fact, Debi, we DO know of a [...]
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If we had a nickel for every single time someone asked us what NSF 42, 44, 53, 55, 58, 62 and 177 meant… we’d have a huge pile of nickels and STILL not have enough money for that diamond-plated, gold-encrusted, platinum embossed drinking fountain w/ the GIANT water purification FACTORY attached to it from the [...]
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Certified to NSF/ANSI 61 standard, this water softener resin media works for both residential and commercial applications. How Does the Softener Media Work? This particular Water Softener Media operates using a widely used cation exchange mechanism like many other resins on the market. Advantage of This Softener Media? As a convenience, water softener owners may [...]
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Of all the things a person should have to worry about affecting their drinking water, who in their right mind would think that torpedo testing would ever become an issue? Not us, but folks in the San Gabriel Valley region of California have something to think about… unfortunately. The San Gabriel Mountains may be an [...]
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Why do you see a blog posting dealing with testing for lead in paint on a web site dedicated to water quality and water quality? Simple: The folks responsible for this site care about the health and safety of families and want them to live lead-free lives whenever possible. Why should a family or person [...]
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The other day we received an email from ErnieB_121 who had a question about filtering hot water before use in his restaurant. Hi, I hope you can help me with a problem I’m having in my restaurant. I’m getting ridiculous amounts of buildup clogging the prefilter things on the hot water line of my dishwasher [...]
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Taking a leak in the swimming pool… now shown to potentially cause harmful cell damage. As if the whole ‘Ewwwww! GROSS!!!’ factor shouldn’t have ALREADY given people incentive not to do it, right? Well we all know how lazy OTHER people… ahem… can be. Public swimming pools are more dangerous than you might think, a [...]
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Crystal Quest pitcher replacement filter Manufacturer: Crystal QuestModel Number: CQE-RC 4 stages of convenient filtration with a 2,000 gallon capacity. In stages 1 and 2 KDF55 and KDF85 media reduce iron, mercury, copper, nickel, chromium, other dissolved metals, and harmful bacteria. Stage 3 features an ion exchange resin that reduces heavy metals (such as lead, [...]
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Ewwwww…… Yuck! Could bacteria really live in the trusty water coolers at work or in your home? Unfortunately we have to say… “YES.” Think of it this way: When you swap out the large, cumbersome jugs when the current jug runs out of water, the feeder tube that will stick into the new jug gets [...]
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