Softened Water Benefits Study

Some of us – yes me included – like to see technical scientific proof that things work the way that companies tell us they do. If you are one of us, Water Quality Research Foundation recently published the results of some studies they performed....

Is Hard Water Making You Ill?

We’ve always considered hard water to be an aesthetic concern. You know: hard to clean bathtub ring and film on shower tiles, dry itchy skin after bathing, dramatically higher cleaning costs, increased heating and maintenance costs due to scale build up. But...

What is Water Hardness

We hear a lot about water hardness, but what is it, where does it come from and what does it do? Chemically, water hardness is made up mostly by Calcium and Magnesium.  Water is called the universal solvent, dissolving some of almost anything it comes in contact with....