Water Filters Blog

Stench In Tap Water?

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:51:59 +0000

A recent article on wcco.com notes that: “Residents in Minneapolis have been complaining about a foul taste and smell in their tap water lately, but the city stresses it is safe to drink. Minneapolis Water Works said the odor typically shows up during spring, when melting snow gets into the water supply. It’s not as usual to [...]

As the economy stumbles, Tap water use increases

admin — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:18:14 +0000

There was an interesting article from the Associated Press yesterday titled “Economy Makes Bottled Water Out, Tap Water In”. They say that Tap water is making a comeback. Here are a few paragraphs from their article: Marriott International Inc. distributed free refillable water bottles and coffee mugs to the 3,500 employees at its corporate offices in Bethesda, [...]

Pentair, GE may link water businesses

admin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:42:25 +0000

There is a potentially large joint venture in the works between two of the Midwest’s largest water technology companies. Below is a quote from the joint press release from Pentair and GE: Pentair, Inc. (NYSE: PNR) and GE Water & Process Technologies (NYSE: GE) announced today that they are engaged in discussions to establish a joint venture [...]

The State of the Water Industry 2008

admin — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:39:09 +0000

We are living in some very interesting and challenging times in the water industry. As each year passes, the world’s water problems continue to grow in terms of geographic extent, scientific complexity and human impact. We are currently facing two very large challenges which are water quantity and water quality. The Environmental Benchmarker and Strategist [...]

Home filtering systems provide best protection for drinking water

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:18:34 +0000

The Water Quality Association has issued a fact sheet on the pharmaceuticals in our water problem. Here is their report: “As news reports about pharmaceuticals in water circulate, here are several facts for consumers to consider: Filtering systems in the home provide the highest technology available for treatment of drinking water. Less than two percent of all [...]

WaterFilters.NET Announces New Affiliate Program

admin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:27:38 +0000

The new WaterFilters.NET affiliate program will allow anyone with a web site to earn commission simply by referring traffic to our site at WaterFilters.NET. You will benefit by joining our program because WaterFilters.NET is the leading provider of water filters, replacement cartridges, and home water filter products from Culligan, Ametek, USFilter, and many other leading [...]

Bad News on Water Contaminants Continues…

admin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:15:58 +0000

The bad news about water contaminants continues with the salmonella outbreak in Colorado. As active members of the Water Quality Association, we are glad to serve as a resource for water quality issues. We have certainly had a lot of people contacting us about the news lately on salmonella in water as well as the news [...]

Bottled Water Education

admin — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:40:15 +0000

These guys get it right. They should probably use an in-home water filtration system though!

Pharmaceuticals in our Water

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:45:56 +0000

The latest news about pharmaceuticals in our water is unfortunate, but not altogether surprising. Municipalities and water providers need to improve their technology to test for & filter these impurities out. Our stance is that consumers need to take matters into their own hands with Reverse Osmosis and/or other filtration systems for drinking water to [...]

The folks over at tappening.com have the right message

admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:19:05 +0000

BrandNoise turned us on to the folks over at Tappening.com and the great message they are spreading about the benefits of tap water over bottled water. Brand Noise notes that “an educational website where the public could find up-to-the minute information about the detrimental damages the bottled water industry was causing the environment. They personally financed [...]