Silicon is known to be present in all living organisms. This element occurs in the form of hydrated amorphous silica, referred to as opal, and is required for the production of structural material...
IS WATER POLLUTION AND WATER CONTAMINATION THE SAME THING?
You may think of pollution and contamination as being the same thing. Perhaps in a general term, they are. But when it comes to specifically talking about your water, the two, and their causes are...
CAN YOU USE FLUORIDATED WATER IN KIDNEY DIALYSIS MACHINES?
For decades, water agencies have added fluorides to drinking water supplies as a means to help prevent cavities with only minor questions being asked. But in the past ten years the questions have ...
IS IT COMMON TO FIND PURE WATER IN NATURE?
Purity is a word that is not very commonly used with confidence and certainity. In this day and age, what products could be be pure? Water is no different in this regard. Water is never found in a...
If there is one thing that just about everyone knows about the ocean is that it is salty. The two most common elements in seawater, after oxygen and hydrogen, are sodiumsodium and chloride. Sodium ...
General Differences in The Natural Quality of Groundwater and Surface Water
As you could probably guess, there are some obvious differences in surface water and groundwater quality. But there are more differences than you might have been aware of. Each source of water has ...
Environmental Toxins in Drinking Water: Phthalates Part 1 of 4. Phthalates as Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment Reproductive, Endocrine, Immune, Genotoxic, and Nephrotoxic Damages in Wildlife...
Humidifiers Operate Better Using Filtered, Purified Water
To breathe clean air, use clean water in the humidifiers Household humidifiers are usually used to mitigate and alleviate the aggravating conditions of dry skin, dry lips, dry nose, and dry throat...
Water Contamination The alkalinity of water is a measure of how much acid it can neutralize. If any changes are made to the water that could raise or lower the pH value, alkalinity acts as a buffer...
DO ALL STATES HAVE CONSTRUCTION CODES FOR PRIVATE WATER WELLS?
Ground water is a vast resource that underlies the Earth's surface. Nearly half of the U.S. population uses ground water for their drinking water source, including virtually all rural residents. I...
CAN DISINFECTIONS OF A GROUND WATER SOURCE FOR PATHOGEN CONTROL CAUSE AN ARSENIC PROBLEM?
Water systems that disinfect their water should be aware of the possibility of an increase in arsenic concentrations in their distribution system, particularly if the water contains high concentra...
ARE THERE OTHER SOURCES OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OTHER THAN WATER?
Cryptosporidiosis is a GI illness caused by protozoa of the genus Cryptosporidium. Cryptosporidium was first associated with human GI disease in 1976. It was first identified in stomachs of mice i...
THE DANGERS OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN SURFACE WATERS AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS
The blue green algae or cyanobacteria represent a diverse group of organisms that produce potent natural toxins. There have been case reports of severe morbidity and mortality in domestic animals t...
The Differences Between Water Softener and Water Filter System, Descaler, Conditioner
Water softener replaces the dissolved calcium and magnesium (which are responsible for hardness) in water with either sodium from sodium chloride (table salt) or potassium from potassium chloride ...
Controlling taste and odor; An applied study from Arizona
Taste and odor problems associated with drinking water are a pervasive problem for many municipalities. Suffet et al.1 reported that 22% of the water providers surveyed in a national study reporte...