Our water blog provides articles and information relating to water quality in your home and the effects of healthy water on our bodies and lives.
BENEFITS OF WATER TREATMENT IN THE HOME
Forever Chemicals in Our Drinking Water
PFAS, also known as Forever Chemicals, are estimated to be in at least 45% of the nation’s tap water. According to new research from the Keck School of Medicine at USC, people exposed to drinking water contaminated with PFAS experience up to a 33% higher incidence of certain digestive, endocrine, respiratory, mouth and throat cancers….
Filter Water for Your Health
Beat the Odds by Filtering Your Water! A 2019 study linked contaminants in tap water to more than 100,000 cancers over seven years. Use water filters and learn more about your local water quality HERE.
Possible Water Damage Averted From Too High Water Pressure
High water pressure can lead to water damage inside the home
Report finds tap water contaminants in every state
According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), nearly 77 million people in the United States were served by water systems with violations of the Safe Water Drinking Act. This post from the NRDC states directly in its very first sentence: “America has a drinking water crisis.” That was written in response to a study conducted by the organization that found more than 80,000 reported violations of the Safe Drinking Water Act by community water systems in 2015. The Safe Drinking Water Act is a law established in 1974 that protects drinking water supplies throughout the nation. The NRDC analysis…
Water is scarce
Alarms are sounding all around the Southwest — water is scarce! Municipal government’s knee-jerk response is to ask everyone to save water in their homes. Necessary, of course, but modestly effective since these are essentially voluntary efforts. Technology seems to be completely ignored. There are stunning technologies that can save huge amounts of water; technologies that have been in common use for years in parts of the world who have acknowledged and dealt with water scarcity. These technologies seem to be universally overlooked, perhaps because they deal with such unglamorous things such as “cooling towers.” As a local Santa Fe…
Healthy Pools and Spas
Offensive chlorine smell, foggy water, algae problems and mineral build-up can lead to high maintenance fees. If your pool or spa suffers from any of these problems, we have the answer. HydroFLOW is an environmentally friendly, non-invasive, easy-to-install solution that will greatly reduce the time and money you normally invest in pool and spa maintenance. Using a 150 KHz sign wave to propagate a decaying signal into the water will charge the negative and positive ions of calcium and magnesium and they will cluster in suspension, not on the walls of your pool. The HydroFLOW water treatment system disinfects, de-alkalizes…
Iron and sulfur bacteria issues
Iron Bacteria Iron bacteria are generally more common than sulfur bacteria because iron is abundant in ground water. Iron bacteria are oxidizing agents and combine iron or manganese dissolved in ground water with oxygen. A side effect of the process is a foul smelling brown slime that can cause unpleasant odors, corrode plumbing equipment and fixtures, and clog well screens and pipes. If conditions are right, the bacteria can grow at amazing rates, rendering an entire well system useless in just a few months. Signs that may indicate an iron bacteria problem include yellow-, red- or orange-colored water; rusty slime…
What does hard water do to our homes?
What does hard water do to our homes… What are the solutions?
Not all carbon is created equal
By “medical grade” carbon, New Water Innovations is acknowledging there are different grades of carbon used in filtration. Typical whole house systems use an 8-30 mesh activated carbon. Carbon that is used in “dialysis” uses 20-40 mesh, which is more expensive and effective. NWI uses the 20-40 mesh carbon used in dialysis (i.e. medical grade). 20 to 40 mesh carbon has a larger surface area for an equal amount of carbon. In addition, the NWI filter uses a 13 x 54 inch tank (14.3 cubic feet capacity). NWI uses 2.5 cubic feet of carbon suitable for filtering 3,750,000 gallons of…
The Effect of Hydropath Technology on Silicates
This is a brief description on the effect that Hydroflow has on Silicates, and in particular the difference between this and the effect on calcium carbonate. To summarize, Hydroflow will prevent both new Calcium Carbonate scale from forming on the pipe, and also remove existing Calcium Carbonate scale. Hydroflow will also prevent Silicate-based scale from forming on the pipe, but cannot remove existing scale. Prevention of New Scale Scaling in pipes can be due to a range of different compounds. One of the most common of these is Calcium Carbonate (Limescale) but there are a range of others. One such…
Steamy bath or shower?
How wonderful to step into a refreshing hot, steamy bath or shower, where we get to relax and unwind from the stress of the day. Most of us perform this ritual on a daily basis without a thought about what we are bathing in. Is there something to be concerned about? The answer, unfortunately, is YES, if we are showering in Santa Fe’s water—or any other municipal water for that matter. It may be wise to take a closer look. Municipal water is treated to protect us from bacteria and make it safe to drink; however, most of us wouldn’t dream…
Santa Fe’s water
Water, one of Santa Fe’s most precious natural resources, is also one of its leading environmental issues. In Santa Fe, as public awareness of the importance of protecting Santa Fe’s water aquifers increases, so too does the realization that many of the “accepted standard practices” of the past are no longer appropriate to conserve and protect water for the future. One example of these outdated practices is the salt water softener, for years the accepted standard for treating hard water. High chlorides are now appearing in Santa Fe’s ground water as a result of the salt softener brine discharge. Where…
Conditioners replace water softeners
Physical water conditioners are devices that prevent the build-up of hard limescale in a non-chemical manner. They achieve this by influencing the dissolved minerals, calcium and magnesium in a way that prevents them from forming scale (calcium carbonate) in your water pipes, heaters, and appliances. Physical water conditioners work in your water with varying degrees of success, based on many factors including water flow, hardness, operating temperatures, and water chemistry. The following information presents a sense of available water-treatment technologies and their advantages, as well as their shortcomings. Magnets and Electromagnets — These were the first physical water conditioners that…