As the back-to-school season begins, families are busy preparing with new backpacks, notebooks, and schedules. But one of the most important school supplies often goes unnoticed: clean drinking water. Hydration…
The recently published 2025 Annual Water Quality Report from the City of Santa Barbara confirms the city’s ongoing commitment to providing safe drinking water that meets all state and federal…
Total dissolved solids (TDS) are dissolved substances that get into your water supply from natural and human sources. They include calcium, nitrates, chlorides and more. High levels of TDS can…
Chlorines health effects have been debated for decades. However, most experts now agree that there are some significant health risks related to chlorinated water as well as the chlorinated by-products.
Notes: looking at the current water crises in Santa Barbara, it has become ever apparent that having an efficient water softener is key. We all want to do our part in water conservation and in a time where watering your lawn is taboo, some think that removing their backwashing water softener is the answer. This is a misconception and the amount of chemicals and cleaning product to fight hardness is much more expensive and worse on the environment. The answer is installing an efficient water softener. Our quality units have programmable options that can bring the regeneration cycle from 80-100 gallons to 20.
Don’t be fooled! While many of the devices do exist, they are referred to as “descalers” in the water treatment industry, not softeners.
Trihalomethanes (THMs), byproducts from chlorination, appear to increase significantly in the bloodstream after showering, says a study by researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill School of Public Health.
