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How to Read a Water Report: A Complete Guide to Understanding Your Drinking Water
How to Read a Water Report: Your local water utility publishes a water quality report every year, but knowing where to find the report is only the first step. The real challenge is understanding what all those numbers, abbreviations, contaminant names, and regulatory limits actually mean.
Continue readingTesting Well Water: What to Test, How Often, and How to Read the Results
Testing Well Water: If your home gets its drinking water from a private well, testing your well water is your responsibility. Unlike public water systems, private wells are generally not regulated, treated, or routinely monitored under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
Continue readingPFAS Testing: How to Test Your Drinking Water for PFAS
PFAS Testing: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly called PFAS, are a large group of manufactured chemicals that have been used in industrial processes and consumer products for decades. Because many PFAS compounds persist in the environment, they are often called “forever chemicals.”
Continue readingLead Testing: How to Test Your Drinking Water for Lead
Lead Testing: Lead in drinking water is a serious concern because you cannot see, smell, or taste dissolved lead. The only reliable way to determine whether lead is present in your home’s drinking water is to have the water tested. Lead can enter tap water when plumbing materials containing lead corrode. Potential sources include lead […]
Continue readingWater Hardness Testing: How to Measure Hard Water and Understand Your Results
Water Hardness Testing: If you notice white scale on faucets, spots on dishes, soap that doesn’t lather well, or mineral buildup inside appliances, hard water may be the cause. But before investing in a water softener, reverse osmosis system, or other treatment equipment, it’s important to know exactly how hard your water is.
Continue readingTesting City Water: How to Test Municipal Tap Water and What to Look For
Testing City Water: If your home receives drinking water from a city or municipal water system, you might assume that there is no reason to test the water yourself. After all, public water utilities are required to monitor drinking water and meet federal and state standards.
Continue readingTDS Meters Explained: What They Measure and How to Read TDS Levels
TDS Meters Explained: If you want a quick way to check the overall mineral content of your drinking water, a TDS meter can be a useful tool. These inexpensive handheld devices provide a reading of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), usually displayed in parts per million (ppm).
Continue readingLeaking RO System: How to Find and Fix a Reverse Osmosis Leak
Leaking RO System: A leaking reverse osmosis system can start as nothing more than a few drops of water under the kitchen sink. But even a small RO leak can eventually damage cabinets, flooring, or other components if it is ignored. The good news is that many RO system leaks are caused by loose connections, […]
Continue readingExcessive RO Discharge Troubleshooting: Why Your Reverse Osmosis System Keeps Draining
Excessive RO Discharge Troubleshooting: Reverse osmosis systems naturally produce some wastewater during the filtration process. While your RO system is making purified water, it sends concentrated water containing rejected contaminants to the drain. This means that some drain flow is completely normal. However, continuous or excessive RO discharge can indicate a problem, especially when the […]
Continue readingRO Tank Troubleshooting: How to Fix Common Reverse Osmosis Tank Problems
RO Tank Troubleshooting: A reverse osmosis storage tank is one of the most important components of a traditional under-sink RO system. It stores purified water and uses an internal air bladder to push that water to the drinking-water faucet when you open it. When the tank isn’t working properly, you may notice low water pressure, […]
Continue readingFix Low RO Water Pressure in a Reverse Osmosis System
Fix Low RO Water Pressure: Low water pressure is one of the most common problems homeowners encounter with an under-sink reverse osmosis (RO) system. A faucet that once delivered a steady stream may begin producing only a slow trickle, or the storage tank may seem to take much longer than normal to refill.
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