Congratulations to Charles S. for winning our August Testimonial Raffle, we hope he enjoys his USA made High-Flow 4 Stage Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water System! If you send in a testimonial and pictures of a recent purchase, you can be entered into September's raffle. Thanks to everyone who entered, we are glad you are happy … Continue reading August Testimonial Raffle Winner – Charles Smallwood!
While relying on a private well can offer some great advantages – namely, the ability to completely control the quality and composition of your water – most well water users can attest that it comes with its own share of disadvantages as well. Perhaps the biggest trouble with well water stems from the variety of … Continue reading Water Tests
In a previous blog post, we explored how to treat turbidity without using chemical injection. Recently, a reader reached out with a follow-up question: Can alum injection and a Pro-OX iron filter effectively treat water turbidity? The answer is yes, you can certainly treat cloudy water by injecting alum and filtering with a Pro-OX filter. … Continue reading Using Alum and Pro-OX Filter Media to Treat Turbidity
Salt-free water conditioners can be a great alternative to water softeners. Though they don't physically remove hardness from your water, they do an excellent job at preventing hardness minerals from forming scale deposits, and they do it without the use of sodium. This means you'll need no post-filtration and will experience no salty tastes nor … Continue reading Salt Free Water Conditioner
Saltwater infiltration is common for wells near oceans or coastal rivers. While not the most harmful contamination, brackish water often tastes salty and causes scale buildup in fixtures and appliances due to high sodium, metals, and total dissolved solids (TDS). Brackish water has salt levels between 1,000 and 10,000 PPM, compared to 30,000–40,000 PPM in … Continue reading Brackish Water Treatment
Understanding Chloride in Tap Water: Risks, Effects, and Treatment Chloride is one of the most common anions found in tap water and is a naturally occurring component in groundwater. It’s typically present in combination with other elements like sodium, calcium, or magnesium to form salts. The most well-known example is sodium chloride (NaCl), commonly known … Continue reading Effects of Chloride in Well Water, and How To Remove It
We were asked by a homeowner if their new whole-house reverse osmosis system should be removing odors from their well water. This commercial system had no carbon filters, just pre-filters and the RO system (not supplied by us). The reverse osmosis water produced by the system goes through a purification process that involves filtering through … Continue reading Will Reverse Osmosis Membranes Remove Odor from Well Water?
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