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No one in modern society should have to tolerate hard water. It ruins clothing, appliances, leaves ugly residue after each and every use in your tub and leads to lime scale buildup. So if you are on well or experience hard water in your area, water softening is crucial.

 

There are plenty of methods to soften the water in your home. Some employ salt based water softener while others are salt-free water softener. With salt based water softener, you will notice the soap creating more bubbles. This makes for a better shower experience because the more lather you generate, which in turn removes and rinses away more water and soap residue. If left behind, film from these sources could clog pours and leave itchy, dry skin.

In addition to giving you softer skin in the shower, salt based softener allows your washing machine to leave your clothes brighter while reducing scale build-up in your showers, washing machine and toilets. The difference between salt-based and salt-free systems in the grand scheme of things is minimal.

Salt-free softeners, too, will also reduce scale buildup, leave brighter clothes and softer skin. But the main difference is salt-free systems will do so without adding sodium to the water. This is beneficial not only to the pipes in your home but for the environment as well.

High sodium content in waste water is a growing problem in cities across the country. Much of this sodium is released directly into the environment and can in part be traced to sodium-based water softener systems.

Salt-free systems, however, are maintenance free with no media replacement for up to five years. They also use no waste water, no electricity and no salt or chemicals. Salt-free softener can even offer health benefits over salt-based systems, especially for those with high-blood pressure or heart disease.

Depending on where you live, there’s a good chance that you have hard water coming through your faucets. But what exactly is hard water and is it harmful to people? We’re here to provide you with some important information that may change the way you consume water. In general, if water is hard that means it contains various minerals found in the ground. These include things like magnesium and calcium, and while some amounts of these minerals can have positive effects on your health, too much of a good thing is usually bad.

You may have been drinking hard water for years and not had any problems, or you may be suffering from health issues that you didn’t even realize were being caused by hard water. Some of the side effects of ingesting too much of these minerals could include vomiting, fatigue, and even potential digestive problems.

Hard water isn’t just responsible for causing damage to people. It can cause damage to your property as well. Mineral deposits can build up in your pipes and faucets, limiting water pressure and flow and potentially causing major problems. In some cases, these deposits could lead to damages and costly repairs.

The good news is that if you have hard water coming through your pipes, you don’t have to settle for it. Water purification and filtration devices can go a long way towards ensuring your water is soft and free of minerals, as well as other types of debris. If you’ve noticed any signs of hard water in your home, consider purchasing a purification device today.

Viruses are the smallest form of microorganisms capable of causing disease, particularly those of a fecal origin infectious to humans by waterborne transmission; bacteria are typically single-celled microorganisms that can also cause health problems in humans, animals or plants, despite many form’s ability to aid in water pollution control.
EPA regulated bacteria/viruses in drinking water and health risks:
• Coliforms are bacteria naturally present in the environment and used as indicators that other possibly harmful bacteria may be present.
• Fecal indicators, Enterococci or coliphage, are microbes that can indicate human or animal wastes in water; they can cause short-term health effects, including cramps, nausea, diarrhea, headaches and more, and may pose a greater risk for people with severely weakened immune systems, elderly, young children and infants.
• E. coli and fecal coliform are bacteria whose presence can indicate water contaminated by human or animal wastes, causing short-term health effects, including cramps, nausea, diarrhea, headaches and more; they may also pose a greater risk for people with severely weak immune systems, elderly, young children and infants.
Popular bacteria/virus treatment technology

• UV technology: Proved beneficial for many years, and is still continuously rising in popularity for water treatment. UV light’s produced when an electric arc is struck in mercury.
• Ozone: Is an effective water treatment commonly used to reduce color, taste and odor concerns. Ozone is also used in place of, or to reduce chlorine.
• Chlorine: Is typically an effective treatment for bacteria/viruses, but not for protozoa, especially when applied to clarified low turbidity water.
• Chloramine: Is a reaction product of chlorine and ammonia and is less potent than chlorine; it’s known to successfully reduce Legionella counts.

Pure water is really good for you and when consumed in enough quantity can do wonders for your health. The quality and main components to the water you take in, however, is not always pure. This is especially true of tap water. It could be full of metals and bacteria which could actually negate healthy food intake. But what is it in non-purified water which is toxic to your system?

1) Chlorine is used to disinfect your drinking water, contributing to a bitter taste and a chemical whiff. True this is in fact a means of disinfecting water, it also makes for undesirable taste. Purifying water coming into your home with a decent carbon filter will reduce this chlorine by 99%.

2) In addition to the additives to your drinking water at the water treatment facility, which both physically and chemically disinfect the water, it typically travels potentially miles of dirty pipes before escaping your faucets. These pipes could be rusty and old, which don’t even include the completely unregulated building plumbing- typically as old as the building itself.

3) Essential minerals are something actually missing from treated water. Stripped from water during processing, Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium are all present in its natural state. Essential minerals your body needs, when these are removed you miss out on a potential source of nutrition for your body. This is only in addition to the harmful compounds and elements- not to mention the bad taste- added to water during treatment processing.

In today’s day in age, athletes (both professional and collegiate) have become so cultivated in their training regimens that they often forget how important hydration is with regard to them.

When you make it to a collegiate or professional level of sport, the intensity automatically increases tenfold from the days you spent playing recreationally or in high school. Sometimes we could get away with a shortage of water during these times because we weren’t competing at such a high level, but when we reach the highest standards of sport it becomes crucial.

Water is a key ingredient used in order to regulate your body temperature and lubricate your joints. Not only this, but it helps take vital nutrients you’ve ingested through pre and post workout meals and transports them throughout your body in order to supply you with energy.

Staying hydrated will keep your body healthy and performing at its highest level. Without doing so, your body will begin to fatigue, your muscles will cramp up, and you’ll start to exhibit dizziness and furthermore worse symptoms.

When trying to stay hydrated throughout the day, especially days that contain a high volume of activity, you should focus on drinking 17 to 20 ounces of water two to three hours before exercising.

Eight ounces of water should be drank during or prior to your warmup, 7 to 10 ounces every 20 minutes of your workout, and 8 more ounces no more than 30 minutes after you’re finished. Mind you, your body will be losing liquids as you work out so as it may seem like a lot, you’re really replenishing a lot of the fluids you’re losing.

You should aim to drink at least a gallon, or 128 ounces of water a day. This will ensure that your body is staying properly hydrated, you’re replenishing the liquids you lose throughout the day and that all of those key nutrients your body needs to grow and perform are being transported to the right places.

Making the switch to purified water can be one of the best choices you make this year. Free of contaminants and bacteria, purified water is the healthiest and safest form of the liquid for drinking and cooking. However, we often forget that we don’t just drink water or add it to our food. Water is also used to fill pools and spas. Since we don’t ingest this water we often don’t think much about it being dangerous but it can be. Using public water for pools, hot tubs and spas can expose you and your guests to things like excessive iron, mercury or bacteria.

Purified water in a pool or spa can improve the clarity allowing you to see right through the water like never before. No one wants to swim in murky, cloudy water, which is often the way public water looks. Water that has gone through a purification system will be much more clear. In fact, there will be a noticeable difference between the original water you put in your pool, and how the water looks after it has been purified. For homeowners, it can even be embarrassing to have guest over and invite them into a pool or hot tub with foggy water.

In addition to clarity, pure water also feels better for swimmers and those enjoying the hot tub. Minerals and metals in the public water supply can make water harsh. This type of water can dry out the skin leaving it itchy and tough. For homeowners that spend a significant amount of time in the pool or spa, this can be detrimental to their skin. Purified water is free of those damaging metals and minerals. This pure form of water nourishes the skin and hydrates it instead of drying it out. In just days, you will be able to tell the difference between your skin from public water and your skin from purified water.

When you choose to put purified water in your pool, hot tub or spa you also make the choice to use less chlorine. This chemical, which is used to keep pools and spas free of dirt and bacteria, is very strong. It has a distinct odor that clings to hair and skin while also stripping these body parts of natural oils and moisture. Less chlorine in your pool or spa means no more odor, discoloration or irritated eyes, hair and skin. It also means spending less money at the pool store on chlorine and more money on fun things like floats or outdoor speakers.

The benefits of purified water go way beyond drinking it. When we spend our leisure time in the water whether it’s in an in-ground pool or above ground hot tub, purified water becomes a necessity. Don’t subject your body to the harsh chemicals and additives in the public water supply. Using purified water for you pool, hot tub or spa gives you complete control over the water, as you know it’s free of minerals, metals and potential harmful bacteria. In the long run it can be healthier for your pool, family and all of your guests.

There are enumerable water treatments available for your home water. Softener salt and softener potassium makes your house water that much more palatable and enjoyable for both drinking and showering. They eliminate potential residue that can accrue on your skin, causing itchiness, and remove taste-altering minerals.

Money Savings

Water conditioner saves you money for a few different reasons. First off, because the water is more pleasurable to drink, you have less reason to buy bottled water. So when you want a good glass of water, just go to the tap and fill up a glass. Also, when showering, the lather generated from soap using the mineral-filtered is more abundant. Therefore, the person showering doesn’t use as much of the soap as they would with ‘harder’ water.

Family’s Comfort

Because soap lathers up much more easily than with water softener, it rinses off much more easily. This ensures there is no soap residue left on the skin following a shower, residue which can cause itchiness throughout the day and even rash. In addition to soap buildup, minerals can also cause skin irritation. Water conditioner removes these minerals and prevents said irritation.

Installing a softener tank is one of the greatest decisions you can make. It makes your quality of life that much better while saving you money and providing a more effective shower. So contact a professional water-softening consultant today and stop using untreated water. The sooner you do, the better your home water will be.

When it comes to swimming pools so far this summer, we are facing a strange epidemic of sorts, meaning that swimming pools are becoming more and more like leper colonies. The outbreak is very real, which is a shame, because it’s been a terribly hot summer for most areas in the country and swimming pools have been our only line of defense against overheating and exhaustion.

 

According to this WCNC article, “A new report from the Centers for Disease Control finds 69 waterborne illness outbreaks over a two year period. There [sic] been 1,300 known patients, 73 hospitalizations and one death.”

 

Those are scary numbers, something that would normally freak out people in the news if it weren’t related to pools. The main culprit leading the charge of this outbreak is the parasite known as “cryptosporidium,” which hunkers down in pools and hot tubs and then transfers over to an unwilling participant, since the parasite needs a host. If infected, a person will experience nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, fever, a stomachache, and more.

 

It’s a scary world out there; when your swimming pools become festering, epidemic grounds, you know you have a problem. Thankfully, that’s we’re we come in, at Ozone Pure Water. We’ll make sure your swimming pools or hot tubs are as clean as they’ve ever been and you can rest easy knowing that you haven’t taken a dip in swamp water where parasites run rampant.

Summer is almost over and it feels like it just began. Have you enjoyed summer? By that we mean have you plucked everything enjoyable you can from it? Have you took dips in swimming pools? Let the cool water wash your body of boredom?

Not to be too overtly poetic, but summer is meant to be enjoyed to the maximum, kinda like a Thanksgiving turkey. While leftovers are nice, nothing can take from the enjoyment of devouring it whole on the day it should be devoured. Summer’s the same way, especially when it comes to swimming pools.

Not all swimming pools are meant to be devoured; some are meant to be unused, the ones that aren’t taken care of, the ones swimming with disease, bacteria, and parasites. There are an uncomfortable amount of them in the country presently. Your pool may be contaminated by a parasite resistant to chlorine, as discussed in this CBS article.

Stephanie Stahl writes, “A summertime warning about pools, the water can be contaminated with a parasite, that’s resistant to chlorine.”

Yes, you heard us correct; this swimming pool parasite is resistant to chlorine. It’s like a super-villain you see on the big screen. We don’t mean to alarm you, but next time you take a dip in the swimming pool it’s wise that you watch out for this parasite, called cryptosporidium, which comes from feces. In Pennsylvania alone, the bacteria caused 369 illnesses last year. Symptoms include gastrointestinal issues and while it’s not dangerous for adults, it can cause havoc for children and people with immune issues. Since the parasite can live in water for up to 10 days, the CDC recommends pools being closed for a bit to receive a thorough cleaning. Do your best to make this summer parasite-free.

You may be unfamiliar with the term ‘hard water,’ but if you don’t have a purification system in your property you may be drinking plenty of it. Hard water is essentially water that contains elevated levels of minerals, including calcium and magnesium. These enter water through mineral deposits in the ground, and while a moderate amount of these minerals in drinking water is fine, too much can cause problems. If you’re unsure whether or not hard water is coming through your faucets, there are a few telltale signs.

 

One of the most obvious signs is mineral deposits on and around your faucet heads. Over time, minerals in the water will build up on the sides of faucets, which look like a powdery white, light-yellow substance. These mineral deposits can also build up within plumbing systems, potentially leading to serious damage.

 

Hard water can also have an effect on those showering with it. Some of the symptoms it can cause include dry skin and itching. Because hard water doesn’t do a great job of washing out shampoo, it can also cause your hard to become unmanageable after taking a shower since the products you put in it aren’t being completely washed out.

 

Having hard water in your home can also impact the look and feel of your clothing. If you wash your laundry with hard water, your shirts can more easily fade, and it can even cause certain types of fabric to become rough or scratchy.

 

Don’t ignore any of these signs of hard water, and make the switch to purified water today.