Eyewitness NewsThursday, September 27, 2018 06:13PMWEST ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) — New Jersey school officials are taking steps to keep students safe following the discovery legionella bacteria in the water supply. The bacteria, which can cause lung infections, was found in all but three schools in West Orange. Officials said a chlorination process, which eliminates […]
Not all tap water is equal. Anyone who has lived in a few different neighborhoods even in the same metropolitan area has no doubt realized that the tap water that comes out of one home tap can be very different from the water in another home. Your tap water is affected by the minerals in your […]
If you are like many homeowners, you might have already installed a water softening unit to help with the hard water in your home. However, if you’re a landlord, you might not have thought about installing water softeners in your rental units. Of course, this does require an investment on your part, but you should […]
Hard Water and Your Health Many people think of hard water as a mere inconvenience that may cause damage to appliances over time, or leave unsightly mineral build-up on sinks and showers; but have you ever considered the possibility of hard water being a health concern? That’s right! For many people, hard water is the […]
Chlorine, which is a naturally occurring gas, is often used for disinfecting water. When chlorine is used to disinfect water, it’s typically used as sodium hypochlorite, which is commonly known as “bleach”. Sodium hypochlorite gradually causes the release of chlorine into water. This is done to protect water from bacterial contamination. However, many people aren’t aware […]
If your home needs water softening once, chances are it will always need water softening. Hard water is usually a regional factor, something that affects all homes in your neighborhood or region because there are extra minerals in your groundwater that don’t get filtered out by the city water supply. You may also pull your […]
Iron in your tap water is an incredibly common struggle for people whose homes are supplied with well water. Ideally, well water is cool and clean, filtered by layers and layers of rock and sediment before pooling in the clear reservoir your pump pulls it from. However, if there’s iron in your soil or rusting […]
Lead contamination is more common in municipal water supplies than you might think! Despite this typically being a problem of the past, old pipes may either still contain lead sections or lead remnants. We’ve collected a bunch of information regarding all of the surveys that have been done over the years, see for yourself! Lead […]
Hard water is simply tap water that contains a high concentration of minerals. Your water could contain high levels of magnesium and calcium. This happens when groundwater runs through chalk or limestone. In some areas, your hard water could also contain manganese, aluminum and iron. If you do in fact have an excess of these […]
Iron is one of the most common contaminants in modern tap water, second only to hard water minerals and chlorine left in by municipal water treatment processes. While it’s nearly impossible to drink enough iron-filled water to make yourself sick (we’re made of iron, after all), it can make cooking with tap water an unpleasant […]
