If you listen to the loudest mouths in the water treatment industry (CEOs , Investors, College Researchers, and Marketing Executives) you will read claims of earth-shattering, innovative, revolutionary new water technologies. If however you talk to the people that actually solve water problems you will learn that it is the conventional technologies, and orthodox application science that solve 99.9% of water-related challenges. Reverse Osmosis, Ultra/Nano Filtration, Ion Exchange, Depth and…
Filtration
Water Worlds
For the average citizen there is only one water world. It is the visible water world. It is a world made up of consumer water filters, home service companies, bottled water purveyors, activists, politicians, entertainers, and social media influencers. This world is adorned by fantastic health claims, scare-you-into-buying tactics, apocalyptic warnings, and a save-the-planet camaraderie. This world looks to organizations like NSF, IAPMO, and the WQA for validation and fortification.…
What To Do After A Water Main Break
As a rule, after a municipality corrects whatever it was that caused the water alert, they send out notices to users to perform an adequate flush to drain, and then resume using the water as normal. Unfortunately, we are never told exactly how many gallons to flush, and we aren’t given any guidelines or specific tests we can do to make sure the contaminant is no longer in our system. …