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New study claims 43 states expose millions to dangerous chemical in drinking water
A new report by the non-profit Environmental Working Group and Northeastern University finds people in nearly every state in the country are exposed to unhealthy drinking water. According to the researchers, 43 states have locations, including drinking water sites,...
How Can a Water Softener Help Improve the Health of Your Skin?
When you shower or wash your hands, your skin comes into prolonged contact not only with tap water, but also any of the contaminants inside of that water. Some of these contaminants, such as the minerals found in hard water, can affect the look, feel and overall...
How Does Storm Runoff Affect Tap Water Quality in New Hampshire Homes?
All tap water comes from some body of water outdoors, whether that's a lake, a river or an underground water supply. When it rains, those water supplies can be contaminated by the rainwater that flows into them. This rainwater is known as storm runoff, and it can be a...
Does Your Tap Water Taste Metallic? Here's what it Might Mean about Your Home's Water Quality
There are some water quality issues that are hard to ignore, especially those that affect the taste of your tap water. When your tap water tastes strange, it can be difficult to drink and you might start to worry about whether or not it's safe to consume. One common...
How Installing a Water Softener can improve Your Home's Efficiency Levels
There are many benefits of installing a water softener in your home, and some of them are more well-known than others. For example, some of the most popular reasons why people install water softeners are to eliminate limescale, protect plumbing systems and improve the...
Can Unfiltered Tap Water Have Negative Effects on Your Immune System?
There are many different types of contaminants that show up in New Hampshire's tap water, and different contaminants interact with our bodies in different ways. For example, some contaminants can be damaging to our immune systems, and exposure to these contaminants...
What Does it Mean When Your New Hampshire Home has Cloudy Tap Water?
Water is supposed to be a perfectly clear liquid. So when the water that comes out of your taps looks cloudy, it's natural to wonder whether or not it's safe to drink. The truth is that cloudy tap water can be caused both by natural processes that are perfectly...
What is a Water Softener Regeneration Cycle and Why is it Needed?
Water softeners remove hardness minerals from tap water all day long, and they reach a point where they need to do something with all of the minerals that they have collected. The process of draining out those minerals is known as a regeneration cycle. Today we're...
What are the Effects of Manganese in New Hampshire's Well Water?
One of the problems with getting your water from a private well is that the water is susceptible to contamination from any of the elements that are present in the ground where the well is dug. Manganese, for example, shows up naturally underground and is often found...
What Effects Does Your Home's Water Quality Have on Your Hair?
One aspect of water quality that often gets overlooked is how it can affect you in the shower. But when you think about the fact that the shower is when your body is exposed to tap water for 5-10 minutes every day, it's easy to see how poor water quality might start...
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