Recent Water Quality Articles
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...
Tips for Buying a House in a Rural Area
Posted by s.e. smith | Jul 09, 2012Making 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...
5 Ways to Reduce the Marine Impact of Your Wastewater
Posted by Steve Graham | May 17, 2011The 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...
Solutions for Rusty Water
Posted by Philip Schmidt | Apr 21, 2011If 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...
Common Problems with Low Flow Toilets
Posted by Steve Graham | Mar 13, 2011San 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...
8 Ways to Protect Your Town's Water Supply
Posted by Cris Carl | Jan 20, 2011There 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, 2010A 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, 2010I 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...