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Recent Water Quality Articles


Protect your well from contaminants to ensure healthy drinking water. (Photo: Konstanty Paluchowski/sxc.hu)

How to Keep Your Well Healthy

Posted by Cris Carl | Jul 23, 2012

“Wellhead protection, whether a dug well or artesian, is a top priority in having a healthy well,” said Bart Cushing, owner of Cushing & Sons Dependable Water Wells...


A house in Mendocino County. Photo by Clinton Steeds/Flickr.

Tips for Buying a House in a Rural Area

Posted by s.e. smith | Jul 09, 2012

Making a major relocation can come with a lot of unexpected things to think about, especially when it involves a big lifestyle change. I talked with Realtor DeeDee Thomas at Mendo Realty...


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5 Ways to Reduce the Marine Impact of Your Wastewater

Posted by Steve Graham | May 17, 2011

The massive flooding along the Mississippi River is not only a land-borne tragedy. In addition to the ruined homes and cropland, the floods are expected to be devastating to marine...


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Solutions for Rusty Water

Posted by Philip Schmidt | Apr 21, 2011

If your water tastes like it’s been sitting in an old frying pan and your white laundry has acquired an orange-ish “patina,” you have rusty water, otherwise known as water with...


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Common Problems with Low Flow Toilets

Posted by Steve Graham | Mar 13, 2011

San Francisco made national news this month for a lingering stench. Haight-Ashbury hippie jokes aside, city officials traced the smell to low-flow toilets. The city said the push...


Aspen, CO (pictured here) has some of the healthiest drinking water in the US.  Photo: The Intrepid Traveler/Flikr.

8 Ways to Protect Your Town's Water Supply

Posted by Cris Carl | Jan 20, 2011

There are several towns in the U.S. that have a high standard of water quality, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. These towns include Aspen and Vail Colorado, Georgetown,...


Low Phosphate Dishwasher Detergents

Posted by Cris Carl | Aug 29, 2010

A walk down the dish product aisle in most anyone’s local supermarket will turn up an almost surprising bevy of new cleaning products. The common denominator companies are reaching...


The Five Best and Five Worst Cities for Water Quality

Posted by Cris Carl | Aug 17, 2010

I have been known to scoff at products that have their first ingredient as water – until of course I remember that water is my first ingredient. When you take that simple fact into...