When you have your own private well, you're responsible for your own water. It's a blessing, but it's also a lot of extra work - testing for contaminants, regulating the chemicals you add in, and making sure it's safe for you and your family to drink and bathe in. Because of this, you've probably … [Read more...]
Boiling Tap Water for a Boil Alert
Follow Boil Alerts Carefully Flooding or other natural disasters of any kind can affect water quality and often a boil alert will be put into place. When a large event happens, like a hurricane that impacts a lot of people, the task of getting clean water can be even more challenging. Each person … [Read more...]
Private Well Owners Take Note
Several years ago, some passengers on an Aerolineas Argentinas airlines jet got violently sick on the flight sector between Lima, Peru and Los Angeles, California. When the plane arrived in Los Angeles ambulances were waiting to greet the aircraft. As it turned out, 57 passengers had symptoms of … [Read more...]
Private Well-Water Issues and the Solution
In cities and suburbs in the USA consumers obtain their water from public water utilities which are required to purify water to meet the standards in the Safe Drinking Water Act. In our opinion, no one should rely on these standards, but at least someone is keeping an eye on the water quality.But … [Read more...]
