http://watertestingblog.com Water quality, testing, and purification Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:03:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aquasana Countertop filter Aquasana Shower filter ... http://watertestingblog.com/2010/03/19/question-do-i-really-need-a-water-filter-system/ According to a recent press release from the IBWA (International Bottled Water Association -- www.ibwa.org) dated 3/10/2010, a company called Zero Water Technologies, LLC has become the defendant in a lawsuit filed by the IBWA. Alexandria, Virginia -- On March 10, 2010, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) filed a lawsuit ... http://watertestingblog.com/2010/03/18/ibwa-lawsuit-filed-against-zero-water-technologies-llc/ We recently received an email from Emma in North Carolina and she wrote, We’re building a new house right on the edge of where the local water plant stops delivering water and want to know if we will be better off hooking up to the water line or having well put ... http://watertestingblog.com/2010/03/15/question-is-well-water-better-than-city-tap-water/ Whether you have just celebrated the birth of a new baby or have already gone through a few sleepless nights with a young one that arrived a few months ago, you know you need to keep your baby safe from danger… so you have car seats, plugs for electrical outlets, ... http://watertestingblog.com/2010/03/12/safer-cleaner-water-for-babies/ For the folks who rent an apartment, rent a house, have a summer home, or just don't feel like going through the hassle of installing a whole house system or an undersink water filter system, you don't have to go without safe, clean drinking water. They make countertop drinking water ... http://watertestingblog.com/2010/03/11/countertop-water-filter-systems/ For those who would like a definition of pH and an explanation of why testing for pH matters, take a look at one of our previous blog entries: "Testing for pH Levels and Why pH Matters". Since we have not, as of yet, posted a blog entry specifically about alkalinity, we ... http://watertestingblog.com/2010/03/10/easy-way-to-measure-ph-and-alkalinity/ Most of us take for granted that we will have safe, clean tap water coming out of our faucets and think nothing of the dangers presented by not filtering and/or purifying our water prior to use. Cryptosporidium, a gastrointestinal parasite, contaminated the municipal drinking water of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1993 ... http://watertestingblog.com/2010/03/09/municipal-water-systems-cannot-gurantee-safe-water-at-your-faucet/ We recently learned of another vendor, WaterFilters.Net, that offers drinking water water test kits on their web site. Culligan TK-2 Water Test Kit WaterSafe All in One Test Kit WaterSafe Well Water Test Kit   Complete Home Water Test Kit WaterSafe Science Fair Project Kit Well Drillers Test Kit   National Testing Labs27 Parameter Test Kit National Testing Labs83 Parameter ... http://watertestingblog.com/2010/03/08/drinking-water-test-kit-com-simple-and-to-the-point/ A while back we posted an article about the extent of mercury contamination in freshwater streams and rivers in the United States and in that article we told you how fish from ALL 291 bodies of water tested came up positive for mercury. Therefore an article which recently appeared on ... http://watertestingblog.com/2010/03/05/bass-in-juniata-reservoir-test-positive-for-mercury/ If you have a home water filter system that requires a 2.5" diameter 20" Big Blue Carbon Filter, then the following list will definitely come in handy. Below you will find replacement Liquatec, Pentek and KX Matrikx 20" x 2.5" replacement carbon filters for big blue filter housings. KX Matrikx +Pb1 ... http://watertestingblog.com/2010/03/04/replacement-20-x-2-5-big-blue-carbon-water-filters/