Having clean water isn’t enough when it comes to home use. A water filtration system will give people clean water, but that water can still have elements that make it hard for other uses. Hard water is still safe to drink, but not all that tasty and very difficult to clean with. Enter the water…
All About the Water Softener
The Best Water
When a customer wants the best water for their business or home, they will do their homework to find what they need. However, when looking at the concept of “the best” some confusion arises. It’s very difficult to determine what exactly a customer wants when they say they want the best. How does a business…
The Amazing RO
DRO-100 The use of the words “R.O. Water Purifier” often appear in written and verbal requests from residential and commercial customers seeking better water for their home or business. Such wording is an excellent place to begin the discussion about the final customer needs because the RO water purifier will: – Filter water to…
What’s Best for You?
It’s very difficult to respond to a customer requesting the best water purifier. Are they referring to price, treated water quality, quantity of water produced, number of treatment steps or what? We believe that the best water purifier is the one that does precisely what the customer needs and will do it reliably for years….
Water Softener Pros and Cons
The classic definition for a water softener is a device utilizing either sodium chloride (salt) or potassium chloride (also salt) to remove calcium and magnesium from water and replace them with either sodium or potassium. The result is softened water. Sometimes water has little or no naturally occurring calcium or magnesium in it or they have been…
RO Membranes 101
The RO Membrane is the key component in all reverse osmosis systems. The membrane itself is an extremely thin plastic sheet material that is added to other plastic sheets including a membrane support layer, a feed spacer, a permeate (treated water) carrier and finally an outer wrap. Once these items are wrapped around a perforated…
Key Questions for Water Treatment
Water filtration is an all inclusive term that can relate to dozens of processes and hundreds of process combinations. To make life easy we encourage you to first consider: How much water will you treating? If less than 200 gallons daily and/or flow rates less than 5 GPM cartridge systems may be viable alternatives to…
Inspection Video Promotes Clean Water, Healthy Farms
by Tom Damm Spoiler alert! Everyone wins. A new video is benefiting farmers and regulators alike by taking the mystery out of farm inspections. The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association collaborated with EPA employees to produce a video that demonstrates what poultry and egg farms can expect when EPA or state inspectors come a-knocking. The…
Mapping Tool Scores Sites for Watershed Protection
by Tom Damm Ralph Spagnolo and Ellen Bryson know their way around the state capitals in EPA’s Mid-Atlantic Region. The regional Water Protection Division employees have been on the road helping states launch an innovative online mapping tool that prioritizes sites for watershed preservation or restoration. They will be in Dover, Delaware this week to…
Hope in Kentucky Farm Country
Jeremy Hinton is an eighth-generation Kentucky farmer. He and his wife Joanna own Hinton’s Orchard and Farm Market in Hodgenville, Kentucky – the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. “Our family came to LaRue County the same year that the Lincolns did, but we just stayed a lot longer,” he joked. Today, Hinton and his wife grow…