With this approach, EPA will provide the foundation and investment necessary for a toolbox that will help states and communities dealing with PFAS contamination.
Category: General
General articles about water, chemistry, industry, water quality improvement, business, and politics
April 2025 Pentair Pricing
Pentair has assessed the cost impact of the United States’ recent tariff increases on goods imported from multiple countries. These impacts include finished goods as well as raw materials. As a result, Pentair will be implementing three price adjustments.
Aquatech Amsterdam 2025
It was a good week at the 2025 Aquatech Amsterdam show representing the United States water quality improvement and management industry.
EPA to review Fluoride data
WASHINGTON – Today, at an event in Salt Lake City, Utah, with U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency(more…)
Colors in your shower
If you have ever scrubbed a pink or salmon-colored film off your shower walls, grout, or curtain and wondered whether you were looking at mold, you are not alone. I get this question constantly, from homeowners, from dealers, from people who corner me at trade shows because they heard I know water. The short answer is that it is almost never mold. It is bacteria, and once you understand what it wants, it becomes a lot easier to manage.
For most households, though, this is simply a matter of chemistry and habit. Break up the biofilm, disinfect, dry your surfaces, and stay ahead of it weekly. Do that, and the pink residue stops being a recurring nuisance and becomes a rare annoyance you handle in five minutes.
Microplastics for Dinner
In an era where environmental pollution is a constant concern, a recent study has shed light on an alarming issue: the pervasive presence of microplastics(more…)
