Do you know if you have well water or city water? If you do know, do you know the correct way to treat your water? When considering a home water system, you should first understand where your water comes from because that will tell you how to treat it. Common Issues with City Water City [...]
If you're worried about the quality of your tap water, you might want to invest in a water filtration system. But if you know nothing about water filtration systems, you may not know which one you should buy. In this post, we're going to go explore how you can find the best system for your [...]
Have you ever vacationed somewhere or showered at someone else's place and noticed that your skin and hair felt smoother than when you shower at home? It's likely that the place you visited had soft water, while you're used to using hard water. Exactly what is the difference between hard and soft water? Read on [...]
We all know that drinking water is good for the body. After all, the human body is made up of mostly water, so you need to make sure you replenish it. If you view staying hydrated as an annoyance, it may be because your water has a funny taste or you don't want to keep [...]
I can’t believe that it has taken me this long to write a blog about one of the biggest roles that water has played in my life: the water in swimming pools. I was a competitive swimmer for 15 years, a lifeguard for 6 years and a swim coach for 4 years. I’ve seen and [...]
What Makes Water "Hard?" Your water is hard when it has minerals dissolved in it. Usually, these minerals are a combination of Calcium and Magnesium. An old way of describing how much hardness there is is to use "grains per gallon." If you had five grains per gallon (gpg) and pulled out all the minerals, [...]
By Guest Bloggers, http://www.kinetico.com/blog/post/tech-assisted-water-conservation-empowers-new-generation-to-help1.aspx Global Water Crisis There can be an overwhelming sense of helplessness when it comes to our global water crisis. I know a couple who recently got back from Las Vegas. The husband chuckled at his wife who was obsessed with keeping all the lights off in their room when they were [...]
Why You Should Test Your Water Supply Contamination Concerns It seems that everyday there is a new story about public water systems being contaminated with hazardous materials of one sort or another. The state of our country's infrastructure is crumbling due to age, overuse, and lack of maintenance. Even folks with private water wells are at risk [...]
