One of the biggest water quality issues that we face in the United States is the fact that our water infrastructure is extremely old. In many parts of the country, the pipes that are currently delivering water to homes have been in use for over a century. Many of these pipes are reaching their breaking…
What is a Water Softener’s Regeneration Cycle?
If you’re in the market for a new water softener, it’s helpful to know how the water softening process works so that you can understand all of the features of the system that you choose. One of the most important steps of that process is the regeneration cycle. Today we’re going to talk about what…
How Our Nation’s Aging Water Infrastructure Affects Water Quality in your Home
One of the biggest threats to the quality of our drinking water here in the Carolinas is our nation’s aging water infrastructure. Today we’re going to talk about the problems our country’s water infrastructure faces and what it means for the quality of the water in your home! Why we have an aging water infrastructure…
How do Nitrates Get in Drinking Water and what are Their Health Effects?
There are many different types of water contaminants, and each one can affect different types of people in different ways. One type of contaminant that is particularly problematic for infants and pregnant women is nitrates. Today we’re going to talk about how nitrates get into drinking water and the various health effects that they can…
Why You Should Consider Removing Chloramine from Your Home’s Tap Water
In recent years, many water treatment plants across the country (including those in North Carolina) have been switching from using chlorine to chloramine as their primary disinfectant. Although this switch is becoming increasingly popular, many researchers, scientists and activists have expressed concern over the effects that chloramine can have on a home's water quality. Today…
How Does Cooking with Unfiltered Tap Water Affect Your Food?
Many people overlook the amount of tap water that they use for cooking on a daily basis. And if you’re concerned about the quality of the tap water that you drink, shouldn’t you also be concerned about the water you use for cooking? Today we’re going to talk about the effects of cooking with unfiltered…
Water Softener vs. Water Filter: Which One is Right for Your Home?
If you want to improve the quality of the water in your home, you have a number of different types of water treatment systems to choose from. In general, however, there are two basic categories of water treatment systems: water softeners and water filters. These two types of systems address very different issues, so you…
Endocrine Disruptors in Drinking Water: What They Do and How To Remove Them
One of the strangest things about tap water is that its quality can be affected by many seemingly unrelated issues. One such example of this is endocrine disruptors, a type of contaminant whose presence in tap water can be traced to things like farming, industrial plants and an increased use of pharmaceutical drugs in America….
Can You Move Existing Water Treatment Systems to a New Home?
Any time that you are moving to a new home, you have to decide what you’re taking with you and what you’re leaving behind. This decision is often the hardest when it comes to your home’s appliances. Do you want to buy all new appliances for your home or would you rather use the appliances…