Hard water has a higher mineral content than soft water. You may notice your home has hard water through: Funny-tasting drinking water Faucet and sink residue Stiff laundry and fading clothing colors Low water pressure Dry skin or brittle hair The results of excess minerals in your home’s water are Read more…
Water is constantly rushing through homes to help homeowners bathe and perform routine chores. However, hard water can make accomplishing these tasks difficult—it can even be detrimental. Hard water contains excess minerals—mostly calcium and magnesium—that can have adverse effects on your health and on your home appliances’ efficacy. High-quality water Read more…
We use water for doing chores, bathing, and staying hydrated. Water filtration allows us to effectively accomplish these tasks with clean, high-quality water. Some of the signs that you need a home water filter will reveal themselves in various forms around the house. Here, we review which indicators signal that Read more…
Regardless of who you are, we all have basic needs, and one of those needs is clean water. A lot of people assume that if they’re on city water, they have good water, and if they’re on a well, it’s bad water. While there might be some general truths Read more…
According to Steve Clouse, the senior VP and CEO of SAWS, just about every San Antonio home is now being serviced with some percent of Vista Ridge Water. If you have never heard of the Vista Ridge pipeline, it is a $923 Million Dollar project that aims to supply about Read more…
Thankfully, it feels like we are well on our way to cooler temperatures in South Texas. Fall is the season that we all anticipate here in South Texas, even more than Spring or Summer. After months of the extreme heat and humidity of the summer, it is time to get Read more…
Although school may look different this year, you can still count on quizzes, exams, and essays. How do you prepare for these big challenges? Do you listen to music, load up on coffee, or do you pull an all-nighter to cram in everything at the end? No matter how you Read more…
Every house should have a full home water filter, whether they run city water or a private well––but especially if the home runs on a private well. If you have well water, it’s especially important to have a filter, as more than 13 million American households depend on private wells Read more…
Water is an essential part of life…obviously. In most cases the water coming into your home already is treated. However, if you pull your water from a well, it is not treated at all. No matter where you get your water, municipal service or a well, there are signs that Read more…
Hard water is a term that simply means your water has a high mineral content. Hard water isn’t associated with any health risks, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try to prevent it. A lot of people neglect taking care of their home’s hard water issue because it doesn’t seem Read more…