We hear it now and then from customers. All of this equipment and still I don’t like to drink my water. Of course no one ever calls to say everything is great, do they? Usually this is caused by a high level of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS). TDS is usually made up of Sodium, Hardness, Chloride, Sulfate, or Alkalinity. Most water systems will remove Solids from water, and Softeners will exchange Sodium ions for Hardness ions, but they don’t lower TDS. In Residential applications the only practical way to lower TDS is with Reverse Osmosis (RO). RO is quickly becoming a household word because they work so well and require so little homeowner maintenance. By lowering TDS by 90-99% all that is left is great tasting water. Call us today for a free consultation and information on a Kinetico Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water System, and enjoy your great water.

I was involved in a discussion with some friends just the other day about what is the best water to drink. My friend had mentioned a spring by the side of the Highway that people would fill jugs from to take home. That really made me nervous because of the potential for Bacteria. It is unevitable that eventually someone will get sick from the Bacteria living in the area around the crack that the water flows from. If you like it, so does all of the local wildlife (enough said). Lets imagine that you could somehow pipe that water into a house in a way that doesn’t allow Bacteria to grow. That water would most likely be Acidic and contain Radon gas, and Heavy Metals. These issues didn’t matter much until the water reached the house. Now the acid is eating the pipes and the radon gas is trapped in your home. Even if you install the proper Water Treatment Equipment to solve for the Acid and Radon gas you still don’t have the best Drinking water. What you have is working water. Working water is excellant for laundry, toilets, showers, doing dishes, and washing the cat. It is not Drinking Water. It is proven fact that the best Drinking Water is low in Total Dissolved Solids (TDS). The best way to create low TDS drinking water is with Reverse Osmosis (RO). RO water tastes great and is very low in TDS and Heavy Metals. Reverse Osmosis is your best choice for high quality Drinking Water. So drink up, and enjoy your great water.

One source of varying odor in water is an old cartridge filter. Filter cartridges trap a lot of things from the water. Change the cartridge if the water starts to develop a rotten egg odor and add a capful of bleach before you flush out the line. Odor causing Bacterias can accumulate on the Cartridge over time. Eventually there are so many of them that the water starts to smell.  So, change that Cartridge and enjoy your geat water…

Odors are one of the most difficult things to treat for in water. Sometimes there are several sources for the odor in the same plumbing system. Usually the odor is worse in the Hot water than in the cold. If the cold water doesn’t smell at all, it is possible that the odor is being generated by an anode rod in the tank.

These anodes can be replaced with an odor resistant type, and after chlorinating the tank and hot water pipes the odor can quite often disappear. This won’t always solve the problem but it is a good place to start. So if your hot water really smells bad start by replacing the anode rod and enjoy your great water!

More on odors in water next time.