Hunter | One Water Systems | Whole House Water Filtration & Water Softening Systems - Part 10

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Water Desalination – Is it a good option?

Faced with a diminishing water supply, coastal cities frequently rely on desalination facilities for their drinking water. Permitting for new seawater desalination facilities, however, it's a complex process because of the environmental effects associated with the seawater intake and brine discharge processes. Additionally, the cost associated with seawater desalination is often criticized for being very energy-intensive and expansive. As the technology and treatment processes continue to advance, addressing some of these challenges, water hungry regions may reconsider this water supply alternative.   courtesy: [...]

Does Southern California Have Enough Water?

Southern California has enough water stored up to get through this year and next year without implementing mandatory water reductions, according to USA Today, but some rural areas that depend on rainfall and reservoirs for their water have been forced to impose water limits on households.The small city of Willits, for example, has only 89 days of water left if it doesn't rain.Scientists have warned about "megadroughts" that could be returning to California, noting that some previous droughts in [...]

California’s drought drying up some rural communities…

Some rural communities are facing dry wells and near-empty reservoirs due to drought in California, while others have water issues that predate the drought.SAN JOSE, Calif. — Seventeen rural communities in drought-stricken California are in danger of running out of water within four months, according to a list compiled by state officials.Wells are running dry or reservoirs are nearly empty in some communities. Others have long-running problems that predate the drought.The communities range from the area covered by the [...]

What You’re Really Spending on Water Bottles…

A few eye-opening statistics on bottled water consumption in the United States this morning.Perhaps the most incredible number: at an average cost of $1.22 per gallon, consumers are spending 300 times the cost of tap water to drink bottled water.In fact, that number could be even higher, writes Colas in a note to clients."The [bottled water] industry grossed a total of $11.8 billion on those 9.7 billion gallons in 2012, making bottled water about $1.22/gallon nationwide and 300x the [...]

For Well Owners…

For Well Owners:When water is provided by a private well, periodic testing of its water is recommended but not mandated. Owners of private wells should use only laboratories certified by the California Department of Heath Services to conduct an analysis. Private wells fall outside federal and state regulation because they are on private land and not covered by the SDWA. They also are not subject to the same periodic testing and monitoring requirements as public water systems. There are [...]

Southern California Students Celebrate National Protect Your Groundwater Day

Fifth grade students take a pledge to protect local groundwater suppliesWater Replenishment District of Southern California (WRD) officials and students from Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School, part of the Paramount Unified School District, gathered to celebrate "National Protect Your Groundwater Day" Sept. 10, 2013. During the assembly, more than 160 fifth grade students took the Act, Consider, and Take action (A.C.T.) Pledge, a commitment to help protect and conserve local groundwater supplies.The assembly featured WRD Board Director Albert Robles, Roosevelt [...]

Chromium…

California continues to set the tone for the nation when it comes to regulating water quality – last week, it became the first state in the U.S. to introduce a standard for hexavalent chromium, or chromium-6. The California Department of Public Health (CPDH) currently only sets a limit on total chromium, which includes chromium-3, a required nutrient, and chromium-6, its potentially carcinogenic counterpart. CPDH’s maximum contaminant level (MCL) for total chromium is 50 ppb – already much lower than the [...]

Water Softeners and the environmentally conscience consumer..

Salt. Today, some view it as the industry’s dirty, four-letter word. Used for decades in water treatment, the Water Quality Association (WQA), in its Glossary of Terms, defines salt in the following ways: (chemistry) A chemical compound formed by the neutralization of an acid with a base; (water treatment) sodium chloride (NaCl) or potassium chloride (KCl), both of which are used in solution form to regenerate cation exchange water softeners and some dealkalizers.While salt in water treatment equipment, especially [...]