Is There Arsenic in Your Drinking Water?
We all know that water is essential to life, but what you may not know is that the quality of your drinking water can vary significantly from place to place....
What’s Your Water Worth?
Making use of tap water can be a source of unknown. Homeowners know that tap water, while infinite and inexpensive, is riddled with issues related to the local groundwater, the...
Reverse Osmosis and Other Water Resolutions to Implement in the Year
Although the US has one of the safest water supplies worldwide, more than 63 million Americans are exposed to unsafe drinking water. Also, approximately 7.2 million Americans are affected by water-borne diseases every...
Winter Drinking Water Challenges and Potential Solutions
Winter is coming! To avoid inconveniences and structural damage, you need to prepare for a wide range of winter drinking water challenges. Inspect your pipework, water treatment, and heating units...
Where Does Your New Jersey Drinking Water Supply Come From?
With water contamination in crisis, many New Jersey people are now concerned about their drinking water supply. But have you ever thought about where your drinking water supply comes from?...
PFAS in Drinking Water: What Are PFAS or PFOS?
The terms PFAS and PFOS have been in the news a lot for some time now, and if you are a homeowner in the New Northern Jersey region, you've probably...
How to Remove PFAS or PFOS in Drinking Water
PFAS or PFOS chemicals have been a concern to authorities and many people in the United States in the past few years. According to the Environmental Working Group estimates, PFAS...
7 Benefits of a Home Water Filtration System for Summer Activities
With warmer days here, you and your family will probably be drinking more water than normal, besides spending more family time outdoors, enjoying summer activities. That's why you need...
Effects and Elimination of Chemicals and Contaminants Present in Unfiltered Water
A water "contaminant" includes any physical, biological, chemical, or radioactive substance or matter in water. As a result, Safe Drinking Water Act narrowly defines "water contaminant" to include anything other...
Chlorine in Your Drinking Water – Is It a Problem?
Chlorine disinfects your drinking water and protects you from germs. However, chlorine itself is also a major contaminant. So, can the chlorine in your water harm you as well as...
Disadvantages of City Water
We all know that "city water" does not come directly to you from a ground well. It's water that your city municipality collects to put through a purification process. The...
What Does Hard Water Do to House Plants?
If you have hard water, you are familiar with the issues it can cause. It causes problems from crusting on your tub to the effect on your hair. Hard water...
Why Hard Water Is More Harmful During the Winter Months
The winter months are notorious for harsh winds and frequently brutal temperatures. During the winter months, even as air humidity is naturally lower, households are often heating their homes with...
3 Skin Issues Caused By Hard Water
Besides corroding your plumbing system and leaving your glass, tiles, and silverware spotty and cloudy, hard water can cause skin issues. The mineral deposits in hard water tend to leave...
The Full Water Filtration Benefit Breakdown
Drinkable water in a small glass is no small matter. The difference between high-quality and low-quality water filtration can mean the difference between the survival and decimation of civilized nations....
Common Hard Water Problems and Solutions
Water is an essential commodity in every home. As such, owning a home in an area with enough water supply is part of the priorities for every homeowner. The only...
5 Common Home Hard Water Problems and How to Solve Them
90% of American homes have hard water running through the taps. Hard water is not dangerous, the hardness just refers to the number of harmless minerals like calcium, magnesium, and...
Is Your Water Reddish? It Might Be Iron
[caption id="attachment_3509" align="alignnone" width="865"] Water tap faucet with flowing contaminated muddy and dirty water in a white bathroom sink.[/caption] If the water coming out of your taps is reddish-brown,...
We Care and That’s Why We Trust Watercare
Advanced Water Softening takes pride in delivering the best water solutions to our neighbors in Northern New Jersey. Whether in commercial or residential buildings, it's essential for our health that...
Want to Save Plastic? How a Reusable Bottle and Filtration System Can Help
Disposable plastic water bottles have a big impact on the environment. Learn more about switching to a reusable water bottles with a filtration system.
5 Actions You Can Take to Save Water This Summer
The onset of summer triggers the need to use more water. That includes filling up your pool, watering your lawn and flowers, household use, among other things. For that reason,...
Why Water Softening Increases Stay-at-Home Family Health
Here are the troubles you may suddenly be realizing related to hard water at home and how a water softener can increase your stay-at-home family health.
Reusable Water Bottles Versus Plastic Water Bottles
[caption id="attachment_3432" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] A woman holding a bottle of water at the gym.[/caption] When you need water on the run, disposable water bottles may seem like the best choice....
Do You Have a Well? Common Water Problems You May Experience
[caption id="attachment_3405" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Hand under a faucet with a water stream.[/caption] 13 million homes in the United States have a private well. This water can be superior to municipal...
What Should You Do If There’s Lead in Your Water?
We think of water as a life-saving substance, and often it is. However, your home's drinking water could be harming you and your family if it's tainted with lead. The...
Coronavirus and Drinking Water: Is it Safe?
We hope everyone is staying healthy during this chaotic pandemic. To help avoid misinformation and to calm any panic, we wanted to bring you information about your drinking water and...
Hard Water and Your Skin
[caption id="attachment_3393" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] A young woman relaxing in a luxurious foam bath.[/caption] What Is Hard Water? Most people have preferred brands of skin products because they find different products...
New Year, New Water Filter
[caption id="attachment_3381" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Siblings washing their hands with soap[/caption] Why You Need a New Water Filter in 2020 Water has been in the news a lot this past decade....
It’s Simply Smart to Know What’s in Your New Jersey Water Supply
The Benefits of Drinking Clean Water We all know how vital water is to our daily lives, and Thrive Global will help you understand how "drinking clean water does much...
How To Deal With Hard Water In Your Home
Hard water can pose a number of problems for you in your home in Northern NJ. You may notice it in your plumbing, on your shower walls, and even in...
The Health Hazards of Lead in Water
If you're like most people, when you drink a glass of water, you probably don't think whether the water contains lead and how it can affect your health. In fact,...
Here’s Why You Should Test for Lead Contamination in Your Water
If you're like most people, when you drink a glass of water, you probably don't think whether the water contains lead and how it can affect your health. In fact,...
5 Benefits of a Home Water Purifier
We all know we're supposed to drink more water. However, drinking is only one of the things we use water for in our homes every, single day. There is a...
5 Problems Hard Water Causes in The Home
Hard water is one of those terms we've all heard, but most of us don't really know what it is, or why it could be such a problem. After all,...
How Chlorine Affects Your Drinking Water and What You Can Do About It
Since 1908, it's been standard practice in the US to add chlorine into our drinking water. It's because of this that the United States has some of the safest drinking...
The Dangers Of Lead Contamination in Your Water Supply
Water is a vital resource that none of us can afford to take lightly as we all depend on the water that flows into our homes through our taps. We...
Legionella bacteria found in all but 3 schools in West Orange
Thursday, September 27, 2018 06:13PM WEST ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- New Jersey school officials are taking steps to keep students safe following the discovery legionella bacteria in the water...
3 Skin Problems that Could be Caused By Your Tap Water
Have you or members of your family been struggling with uncomfortable skin issues? Whether you struggle with acne on your face or shoulders, dry skin on your hands and joints,...
Are You Expecting A Baby? If So, Then You Need a Water Softener!
If you are expecting, you may already have a long list of must-haves for the new baby. A water softener and whole house filtration system is probably not one of...
How A Water Filtration System Can Improve the Health of Your Pet
Approximately 60% of a cat's body consists of water, while a canine's is around 80%. Naturally this means that fresh, clean water is essential to your pet's vitality. Exactly what...
3 Concerning Dangers Of Over Chlorinated Water
When we come to the realization that we have overly chlorinated water, there are a number of questions that will arise. First things first, we are going to want to...
What Hard Water is Doing to Your Skin
The vast majority of people start and end their days with a sequence of hygiene rituals. Showering, along with all the lathering, shampooing, exfoliating, and so on take the center...
The Dangers of Old City Pipes and Your Tap Water
Hot and cold running water used to be the definition of a luxurious residence, but now it's something that even the most basic lodgings are expected to provide. This abundant...
How to Test for Lead in Your Home’s Water
For the most part, the old home improvement saying "It if it ain't broken, don't fix it" is perfectly good advice. If something is working well, it doesn't need to...
Prevent These Skin Issues by Softening Your Hard Water
If you've noticed that it takes a lot of soap to get a good lather, it's hard to rinse shampoo out of your hair, or you have dry skin that...
6 Signs that Hard Water is Coming Out of Your Tap
Every modern home has a steady source of water, and where it comes from will have some amount of influence on what is in the water when it comes out...
How Chlorine in Tap Water Increases Your Risk for Cancer
In most cases the US regulations for health and safety can be trusted to keep you healthy and safe. It's only natural to trust your tap water in a modern...