News & Information from RWI Water Systems’s Water Treatment Blog
Is Liquid Arsenic Coming From Your Faucet?
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...
Now THAT’S Hard, Escondido!
Here in Escondido, we are well acquainted with hard water. We know that our faucets and shower doors get water spots and that crusty white film, it takes a whole handful of shampoo to really get bubbles in our hair, and we have to drain and flush our hot water heater...
WHY SOFT WATER?
Most water in North San Diego County and Southwest Riverside County is very hard. The US Geological Survey, Department of Interior defines water with over 10.5 grains per gallon of hardness as VERY HARD WATER and most of our areas meets or exceeds 10.5 grains. Hard...