Not everyone is a chemist. Even so, you’ve probably heard of the chemical chlorine and its use as a disinfectant in swimming pools. Exactly how chlorine is applied to water is the subject of this week’s blog post, because there is an important difference between at least two common methods of water chlorination. Knowing that difference will help you make …
Get a Peek at a Water Technician’s Inspection Checklist
Water professionals who visit residences and businesses to inspect them for water system trouble often carry with them a checklist that includes every inspection point that should be identified during the visit. In addition to this, there are equipment readings and water measurements that are often taken, and these are included as part of the overall inspection report. Today’s blog …
What is ‘Whole Home’ Water Treatment?
When you think about your use of water, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Most people default to thinking about drawing water from the tap into a glass for drinking. Following that are the other common uses of water like showering, cooking, washing dishes and clothes, cleaning the home, and watering the lawn. When you evaluate the …
4 Reasons to Condition Your Water
Water is a necessary resource that many of us take for granted; after all, water is all around us and seemingly available whenever we need it. If we want a hot shower, we wait a few seconds for the hot water heater to distribute water at the temperature we like, and then we take the shower. If we want a …
Little-known Health Benefits of Drinking Filtered Water
The most common reason people cite for wanting to drink filtered water is the taste. Second to that, the other most common reason people cite for wanting to drink filtered water is to avoid dangerous pathogens and organisms that may cause sickness or disease. There is good reason for this latter concern, as the NRDC (National Resources Defence Council, an …
3 Facts about UV Sterilization
You may have heard of more than one way to sterilize water. There are additives, filters, ionizers and all different manners of treatment methods that come with their own advantages and disadvantages. With UV water sterilization, however, there are only advantages. To explain, we offer 3 facts relevant to UV water sterilization. Fact #1: UV water treatment is …
The Effect of Throttling Shower Water
The Lever Edge is all about water use and taking advantage of the most up-to-date water filtration, conditioning, and activation technologies. So, when we notice trends in the water industry, we tend to sit up and take notice. In the residential water sector in particular, there seems to be a preoccupation with using restricted water nozzles on shower heads. The …
What Makes a Great Water Filter?
You may not have given much thought to how a well-constructed and well-engineered water filter can change the quality of your life. However, human beings literally rely on water to survive, so it stands to reason that the best drinking water for regular consumption should be as clean and optimal for human health as possible. When looking at the best …
The Top 3 Problems with Hard Water
If you live in an area that supplies hard water to your home or business, then you might be thinking, “What’s the big deal, anyway? If I choose not to use the water for some certain activities, what’s the problem?”. The truth is that there are more issues with hard water than just the ones that seem obvious. So, in …
Does Filtered Water Taste Better?
Imagine that there are two glasses of water sitting in front of you. They are equally as clear and apparently devoid of contaminants. At first glance, these two glasses of water are completely identical in every way except for one: the taste. One of the glasses contains filtered water, whereas the other glass contains water from a public source and has …