Archive For The “Metals” Category
Summer weather appears to have made its presence known in a few places already this year and many people have already started planning their annual vacations. While making those plans we ask that you add one small note at the bottom of your schedule or itinerary: Flush your home’s water lines for a bit when [...]
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Diligence in monitoring water quality always makes sense and it really makes sense if you live near industrial complexes, manufacturing facilities… or in this case a mining operation. ‘Andre’ wrote in and asked, I want to send a sample of river water downstream from a mining opeation to see if and what the chemicals and [...]
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Yesterday we touched on water quality issues in California involving unsafe levels of Chromium-6, a known carcinogenic compound, in well water. Today we sadly report that the same region of the country, Coachella Valley, California, also has troubles with higher than desired concentrations of arsenic in well water. In addition to high levels of chromium-6 [...]
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We continually find articles these days that report about well water test samples containing unwanted heavy metal contaminants such as Chromium-6… and yet many private well owners still won’t get their own water tested on a regular basis. Today’s Chromium-6 well water finding comes to us from the Coachella Valley region of California known and [...]
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Can you get orange hair from tap (or well) water? Some residents in the Boulder Hill area of Illinois have presented their local water department with evidence that it can happen… and have water test results documenting the presence of three times the normal level of iron in their tap water. Last week, residents complained [...]
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A plethora of water quality improvement products exists and sometimes the choices seem overwhelming — even to folks with more than a little knowledge on the topics of water quality and water quality improvement. Today’s inquiry came to us from ‘Ric C’ who asked a very wise question about a water filtration unit he may [...]
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We get asked this question more times than we care to count… and we don’t mind answering it because at least it means the people asking us have taken an interest in the quality of the water they drink, cook with and use for showering/bathing. Easy to Install, No MaintenanceWater Filter for Nitrates and OtherUnwanted [...]
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As if having your entire town turned upside down, both literally and figuratively, did not do enough damage, now residents in Joplin, Missouri have a new problem to contend with: Higher than normal levels of lead showing up during environmental sampling. In tests of 44 properties in Jasper County, 19 showed high levels of lead, [...]
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Ever wonder about the quality of water coming out of a drinking water fountain? Perhaps you should since a good number of drinking water fountains in public places still may contain older plumbing that contains pipes joined together with lead-based solders. Simple Test Kit for Lead in Water Fountains Below you will find excerpts from [...]
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Anyone that has taken the initiative to install a water filter or water purification device/system in their home deserves a bit of praise… and those that continue to take an interest in the quality of their water after installing a water treatment system deserve even MORE for their efforts. As an example, ‘J. Mampilly’ from [...]
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