Posts Tagged “Drinking Water”

Reverse osmosis (RO) is a popular water filtration method known for its ability to remove a wide range of contaminants. But one question often asked is: does reverse osmosis lower pH? In short, yes—reverse osmosis typically lowers the pH of water, making it slightly more acidic. Here’s why that happens, how it affects your water quality, and whether you should be concerned. How Reverse Osmosis Affects Water pH Why Reverse Osmosis Water Is More Acidic Reverse...

Escondido sources its tap water from a combination of local fresh water basins and imported supplies from the Colorado River and Northern California. Despite rigorous treatment processes to protect public health these sources create a contamination issue for the water supply, including HAA5, TTHM, arsenic, and uranium. Continue below to see a list of potential contaminants in your Escondido tap water. 1. HAA5 (Haloacetic Acids) HAA5 are disinfection byproducts formed when chlorine reacts with natural organic...

A Boil Water Advisory is a public notice issued when the drinking water supply may be contaminated due to a drop in water pressure, a water line break, or another issue affecting water quality. This advisory is essential for protecting public health and reducing the risk of intestinal illness and other health concerns. If your area receives a boil water notice, it’s crucial to take immediate precautions to ensure your tap water is safe for...

What do you drink from? If you’re in a restaurant, it’s likely that you’re drinking tap water – although some upscale places may filter their water or give it to you in a bottle for the table, it all comes from the tap. At home there are a lot more options. If you’re on the go, bottled water is a convenient choice, but has some other issues that come with it. If you’re in an...

Our water is treated with an array of different elements to keep it safe and clean, but some of us may want to try and purify our water as much as we can. It’s common for our swimming pools to have very high levels of chlorine to disinfect the water to make it safe for swimming, but you may not know how much chlorine is in our tap water as well. 86% of US households...

Our morning routines can sometimes feel monotonous and rushed, but what we do in the morning will always impact the rest of our day for better or worse. We sometimes turn to coffee or tea, maybe some quiet time in the morning too, but none of those routines are as simple and beneficial as drinking water. Waking up you can find yourself in a fog sometimes, or on other occasions, it’s just about rushing and...

We all need water, and you may be suffering from sub-par water and not even know it. How water starts and how it ends up in your home is entirely dependent on the systems you have in place to treat it. Sometimes our localized city water treatment plants and water infrastructure isn’t enough to keep your water safe and clean. The big question is though, how does your home’s water stack up against the rest,...

Being an educated consumer is becoming a harder and harder task in 2022. With a wide range of factors and features to choose from and consider, along with conflicting or vague information, buying the best product is anything but simple, and that goes double for your water. One of those factors that often can be overlooked is pH. “pH” stands for “Potential Hydrogen” and may seem like a scientific term, but it is more or...

If you have noticed your water being unpleasant in some way – to the smell, taste, feel, etc – it’s likely that you have been considering some sort of water treatment. If you haven’t, be sure to schedule a free Culligan water test to know for sure. Sub-standard water isn’t something any of us should have to deal with, and if there are concerns, don’t let those get in the way of having a pleasant...