You love your family, but hosting siblings, parents, or (gasp!) the in-laws over the holidays can be stressful. Even after putting your home through a deep-clean, buying brand new sheets, and finally figuring out where that funky odor was coming from in the fridge, you...
The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) is the principal federal law in the United Statesintended to ensure safe drinking water for the public. Pursuant to the act, the Environmental Protection Agency is required to set standards for drinking-water quality and oversee allstates, localities, and water...
It is so important for your health to drink filtered water everyday. A woman recently did an experiment and drank a gallon of water everyday for a month and the results were amazing for her health and appearance. The quality of the water is also very...
If you’ve ever washed your face and felt a tacky residue on your skin afterward, you are likely feeling the after-effects of hard water. While having hard water in your home isn’t harmful to your health, it can wreak havoc on your skin and take...
Do you have plastic water bottles in your fridge, or a whole case sitting your garage? Maybe there’s one in your hand right now. Water bottles are convenient and ubiquitous. According to the Ban the Bottle website, the average American uses 167 water bottles per...
Based on the drought in California, it is a good idea to use the water that comes to your home and filter it with a Waterboy whole home filtration system instead of buying bottled water, since most of the bottled water comes from California. There...
How do you know if your tap water is truly safe to drink? You can actually tell a lot about the health of your water by its look and smell. One risk with tap water is that it could include unhealthy sediments. If you notice...
Not all water will clean your skin the same. “Soft” water is better for your skin than “hard” water. Hard water is water that has high concentrations of minerals such as calcium and magnesium. Soft water is water that has had these minerals removed through...
The term “hard water” is somewhat misleading. The water isn’t actually hard in any sense, but it does contain dissolved mineral components, usually calcium and magnesium. When water contains a high concentration of these minerals, it can cause a wide variety of inconvenience and damage. Stains Oftentimes,...
The drinking water for San Diego comes from the Colorado River and there are laws that govern the river. It is important to understand that the water does go through a filtration process before we drink it, but that there is still a need for...
