April 14, 2021
COVID-19 made a deep impact on human lives and economies across the world. Manufacturing and travel were some of the deeply affected industries. Against this, it was beneficial for the swimming pool industry. With many companies allowing work from home, and the money spent on luxuries being saved, people thought investing in a swimming pool for recreation was the best...
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March 19, 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has posed many challenges to everyday life and one of them is being at home for prolonged periods of time. With all the family members being home, naturally the water consumption, usage of washrooms, and need for washing laundry increases. Even though the Covid-19 virus is not water borne, you still want access to clean water. [caption...
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March 18, 2021
Owning a pool is a luxury. However, it requires lots of effort to maintain it prim and clean. It takes vacuuming, cleaning tiles, water filtration, sanitation and chemistry balancing, and much more to maintain a pool. If not properly maintained, the pool might become a breeding ground for germs, bacteria, and the health concerns that come along with it. To...
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January 15, 2021
Today, several types of water treatment technologies are used in public water and wastewater facilities. These treatments involve flocculation, aeration, coagulation, filtration, lime softening, sanitization, etc. Many of these same concepts are downsized and utilized for residential point-of-entry equipment. Unlike whole house systems, public systems have continuous monitoring and highly skilled laborers maintain the system to ensure the quality of...
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January 15, 2021
Water softening systems are ion exchanger devices that remove magnesium, calcium, and other hard minerals from water. The water softeners feature a resin made of polystyrene and divinylbenzene that absorb positively charged minerals ions while the water passes through a water softener resin bed. Commonly, the water softeners are used for addressing hardness issues in both commercial and residential applications....
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January 12, 2021
Pool ionizers have become the new normal for pool water sanitization. It is the most preferred method of water purification over traditional chlorination. These devices are simply plumbed into the return line after the filter and inject free ions of copper or copper/silver into the water to inactivate the growth of microorganisms. Unlike other sanitizing methods, pool ionizers are known...
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December 17, 2020
The threat of COVID-19 transmission is undeniable. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ensured that there are no traces of coronavirus in public drinking water systems and the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated the risk of transmission through drinking or recreational water to be low. However, considering evidence of COVID-19 airborne transmission and via contaminated surfaces,...
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December 17, 2020
Ionizers have been utilized in the water treatment industry for several decades. An ionizer is basically a device that releases metal ions into the water to inhibit microbial contamination. The pool ionizers purify water without leaving any residual or harmful byproducts in the pool. Before ionization, chlorine was largely used for pool sanitation. In recent years, there has been increasing...
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November 24, 2020
Reverse Osmosis (RO) is a water purification technology that is being used in several industrial applications. The phenomenon of osmosis was first observed in 1748 by Jean-Antoine Nollet. However, this technique for water purification was introduced by the University of California at Los Angeles in the year 1950. By the year 2001, 15,200 water distillation plants in the US have...
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November 24, 2020
PFOA and PFOS belong to the Perfluorinated alkylated substances PFAS group of chemicals. The PFOA stands for Perfluorooctanoic acid, whereas PFOS stands for Perfluorooctane sulfonate. Due to the unique abilities of PFOA and PFOS to repel water and oil, these artificial chemicals are utilized in several industrial applications and products. Examples of these products are non-stick cookware, food wraps, stain...
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