Apr 2, 2013 | Water Quality & Contaminants
This week is Medication Safety Week. This observance was founded by the Women’s Heart Foundation in an attempt to bring attention to the fact that improper usage of medications is the 6th leading cause of death. Here at RWI Water Systems Water Systems, we...
Jun 15, 2012 | Water Quality & Contaminants
By the sounds of it, arsenic in drinking water is looking to get 15 more minutes of fame in the limelight. But as most consumers will agree, arsenic in drinking water is not something to celebrate or admire. With continual research being done, new studies are finding...
Apr 30, 2012 | Water Quality & Contaminants
It’s quite startling, and questionable in this great nation – how can our communities, rich or poor, be plagued by sewage in their drinking water? The United States has some of the best water systems in the world, yet a recent article from the Fresno Bee...
Jan 25, 2012 | Water Quality & Contaminants
When is the last time you were concerned about drinking water that contained a parasite such as cryptosporidium? Probably not in a long time, if ever. Well, residents in Portland, Oregon are finding themselves in this situation for the second time in just a couple of...
May 25, 2011 | Water Quality & Contaminants
A recent CNN article on the access to drinking water throughout a typical school day may just explain why many students are not drinking the recommended amounts of water on a daily basis. According to Dr. Melinda Jampolis, CNNHealth’s Diet and Fitness Expert, “since...
Feb 28, 2011 | Water Quality & Contaminants
Recently it came to the attention of residents in a small community in Texas that their water supply was tainted with arsenic. And not just mildly tainted, it had levels of arsenic that exceed the levels set by the Environmental Protection Agency. Residents in Cyndie...
