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Arsenic in my drinking water! What can I do?

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Arsenic in well water  At a recent networking meeting, I was asked to do a presentation about our company and services we provide along with a particular topic to discuss. It's easy to discuss one particular water treatment issue and how to solve it but there are twelve other people at the table that don't necessarily have that particular problem. They have a whole different perception of their water problems and water concerns or they just want to know what the heck that contraption is in their basement (water softener) and how it works. So instead of doing a typical presentation, I said how about we go around the table to each person and they can ask a question pertaining to their water or water treatment system. This way we can help everyone with their water concerns. It worked out very well. Everyone was happy with the presentation. I helped everyone with their water questions and we all learned something about each other (which is the objective for networking). We actually...
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PH and Your Water.

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I have always been a "This Old House" addict starting in the very beginning when Bob Vila hosted the show.  It's pretty amazing that other than Bob Vila everyone else, except for Kevin, have been there since the beginning.  They are always very professional and informative about all their projects. They now have "Ask This Old House" to help homeowners with household repairs/problems that may be beyond what the homeowner can do.  I was watching an episode with their plumber Rich the other day.  He had someone call in to say they had very blue water in their home and it seemed to be corroding their appliances and fixtures.  This was an older home and indeed the copper levels were high as the homeowner had the water tested.  These owners were fairly new to this home however so we don't know if this had been an ongoing problem or something new.  Rich and Kevin were in the studio discussing this problem and probable solutions as they do at the beginning of ...
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Get The Lead Out!

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Unless you have been living under a rock for the past year, news about lead in municipal water supplies, particularly in Flint, MI, have been in the news almost on a daily basis. The lead and water issues with Flint's city water have touched off a debate about our water infrastructure that has been waiting to happen for a VERY long time. While speaking with a Detroit Water and Sewer employee, several years back, about some of these issues, he mentioned they still have some of the original water mains in Detroit that are actually hollowed out logs from the very early days. Although I found that very interesting it pointed out, just like most of the infrastructure in the United States, the water delivery system is antiquated and needs to be replaced across the US.  The lead issue now in the forefront is just the tip of the iceberg to be quite frank.  Prior to 1989 most homes and buildings, with copper plumbing, have either lead core or a 50/50 lead and zinc mix of solder that wa...
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It's Time To Go DIGITAL!

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The water treatment industry has been notoriously slow to accept change. In this time of everything going digital, there are still a lot of water treatment companies that insist on the "Tried and True" old water treatment methods.  Generally, this means, very inefficient water treatment systems that require a lot of regular maintenance.  There will always be some customers that insist on the old methods and if that's what works for you that's fine but what if I showed you and more importantly, prove to you, that upgrading your water treatment system will not only give you better quality water, along with more consistent quality water, it will also save you money! Welcome to the 21st century!  I always joke with customers they are coming out of the dark ages and into the 21st century with this new water treatment technology.  Sometimes they are a little skeptical about this new technology but people are naturally wary of what they don't understand.  So a little w...
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It's All About That Base, No Gravel!

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The future of water treatment has arrived and it,s GREEN! Recently Beauchamp Water Treatment and Supply announced we switched our entire line of water treatment equipment from the old distributor tube and gravel method for water treatment tanks to Vortech Plate Technology.  This really is an evolution in water treatment that can potentially change the way the entire water treatment industry approach to water treatment applications. The old way : The traditional water treatment tank system has a distributor tube and gravel base.  All the water flowing through the system is funneled through the distributor to service and the regeneration process. Very high volumes of water are required to properly regenerate this style tank along with higher water pressure.  A standard 10x54 water softener tank could use up to 150 gallons of water for a complete regeneration cycle and filtration tanks for iron and manganese removal can use even more! Old Style Water Treatment Tank with Grav...
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No Water, Gravel and Ear Wigs, OH MY!

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A customer in Brighton, MI recently called to say they have no water and a well drilling company had been out to look at the same problem a few days earlier.  They couldn't get in contact with the well company, that day, so they asked if we could help.  We had them by-pass all the water treatment equipment, while on the phone with them, and they immediately had water but very low pressure.  We promptly went to the home to asses the problem.  Apparently, the well company had re-pressurized the bladder and adjusted the pressure switch higher as the believed that was the problem.  This customer has an AIO filtration system and water softener to treat high iron and hydrogen sulfide along with extremely hard water.  While assessing the problem it was apparent there was a bigger problem then just low air in the bladder tank. We disconnected the iron filtration system and discovered the inlet was totally plugged with gravel.  Luckily the check valve, on ...
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Hard, Rusty, Smelly Water Problems Inside and Outside the Home?

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Recently we had a couple from Milford, MI call that had an old ozone filtration system that failed.  They had sediment filters before and after everything to try and catch all the iron in the water inside and outside the home.  This system also fed their outside irrigation system.  They had been through several water softeners and many service calls on the ozone system in the 14 years the system had been installed.  The ozone generator had died, the filters tanks were iron bound, the water softener stopped working and their water pressure was at the point where the house pressure was very low and the irrigation system would not work.  Ozone systems were great for treating iron and odor problems along with many other water problems, especially bacteria in the water, when they first came out but there are much more efficient ways to treat rusty, smell, hard water issues now.  Although ozone can still be a preferred method to treat difficult bacteria issues su...
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