This years educational roster was particularly good (can I actually say that since I was one of the speakers?). The well-coordinated line-up began with an(more…)
Category: General
General articles about water, chemistry, industry, water quality improvement, business, and politics
PWQA 54th Annual Convention and Trade Show
Pacific Water Quality Association 2011 54th Annual Convention and Trade Show Pacific Water Quality Association 2011 54th Annual Convention and Trade Show(more…)
Socialism in Action…Spying on Softener Owners
I read this article today and I suppose I should be shocked, but I guess I’m not…just very, very disappointed.
A California sanitation district is spying on, and investigating tax-paying citizens in a misguided effort to eliminate water softening systems. – Talk about a violation of basic human rights! It certainly boggles the mind that this actually happens in the United States of America. What’s next, door-to-door anti smoking inspections? – Can you say “Papers please”?
The misguided anti-softener agenda continues in southern California and it appears that in spite of evidence to the contrary, certain legislators choose politics of emotion instead of logic and reason. They continue their unwarranted persecution of water softener owners.
Owning a water softener reduces the use of harmful chemical cleaners that are laced with countless toxic chemicals. Water softeners have been shown to prolong the life of household appliances like water heaters while reducing net energy consumption.
Old water softeners using outdated daytimer and “blind-metering” technology can indeed be wasteful of salt, but when one considers new water softeners like the Patriot Twin Analyst that incorporate resin saturation sensors, Evertech software, twin alternating tanks, and upflow regeneration technologies it is mere foolishness to dare overlook the actual environmental benefit of owning a water softener – It makes fiscal and environmental sense.
Soft Water not for Drinking? – Is softened water corrosive?
Hard water contains calcium and/or magnesium ions. These ions make soap hard to lather, giving hard water its name. For water to be called “soft”, it must be devoid of these hardness ions. There is a significant difference between “naturally soft” water and “ion exchange softened” water.
New Delhi’s “Superbugs”
I read this Reuters article over the weekend. As disturbing as this news is, it is certainly not surprising. Nature always finds a way; bacteria(more…)
World Water Day 2011
Today is World Water Day…it is a good reminder that we all should conserve our precious liquid asset that we do often take for granted. Millions of people around the globe don’t have running water in their homes, and even more of then have to work more than a mile to get access to “clean” water. Naturally, the water quality improvement industry is continuing to make access to clean drinking water cheaper and easier. Technologies like Ultrafiltration, ultraviolet irradiation,reverse osmosis, nanofiltration and EDI/CDI are making previously undrinkable water drinkable and at increasingly lower prices. In developed nations, we are improving residential water quality while minimizing discharge and costs of production, but there is still so much more to be done. As end-users we should be mindful of how long we run faucets during routine tasks like dish-washing, dental hygiene, and grooming. Commercial and industrial users should continue to streamline their processes to minimize waste and provide cleaner drain effluent discharge. My personal pet peeve is the proliferation of ornamental grren grass in arid areas like Utah; we need to landscape with xeric plants that are beautiful and beneficial without wasting copious quantities of water. I’m using this day to plug my favorite charity – Water for People please go to their website and contribute to this valuable cause.