How Does My Refrigerator Know When The Filter Needs Replaced?

Do our refrigerators have a water chemistry analyzer to detect when the filter is no longer making good water? Or perhaps it measure how many gallons goes through? With different parts of the country having different water qualities, how the hell does a big dumb thing like refrigerator have the smarts to know when a filter needs to be changed? If you have ever asked any of those questions, feel…

Activated Carbon – Part 1

Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) is known the world over as being effective in cleaning water. Carbon is used in home drinking water systems, portable personal drinking bottles, municipal and industrial treatment systems as well as for the removal of chemicals in environmental mishaps. Let’s take a closer look at this wunderkind of water treatment. First of all, where does GAC come from? Most of it comes from either coconut shells…