Tri County Water Blog
Arsenic in Drinking Water
This has been a rising concern over the last few years. We have received many calls and answered many questions. This information is for the purpose of education, not to create fear. Let’s start with some quick facts from the Minnesota Dept. of Health: Arsenic occurs naturally in soil and rock...
Lead in Your Drinking Water – What You Should Know
One of the most common tap water contaminants we see enter your home’s water source after it has left a treatment facility is lead. Municipalities in Minnesota are required to provide water test results with most posting the information on their websites. If you are curious, go to your city’s...
Unlimited Water Supply Does Not Equal Healthy Water
Our drinkable water supplies in the U.S. are not endless. But our concerns for your healthy drinking water are.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/31/americas-tap-water-samples-forever-chemicals
pH – What You need to Know
Before we get into this, let’s start with a basic definition of what pH is. pH is a term that translates the values of the concentration of the hydrogen ion into numbers from 0 – 14. On a scale of 0 – 14, a pH of 7 in water is considered neutral. As you travel down the scale towards 0, the water...
Iron In Your Well Water
Is your home water supplied by a well? Maybe you have noticed slightly discolored water, or your white laundry getting tinted, stains in your toilet bowl and shower, or an odor. These are caused by iron content in your water. It is quite common in central Minnesota, so don’t worry, you are not...
10 Negative Effects of HARD Water
Our definition of hard water is water that contains dissolved minerals in it, or more specifically, calcium and magnesium. The kind of water that creates white residue on your fixtures, buildup on your bathtub and shower walls, hair that feels like someone just coated it with glue, and glassware...
10 Proven Benefits of Drinking Water
Here are some great benefits to drinking water consistently each day. We found these on loseweightbyeating.com and thought we would share them with you. Drinking more water can help you lose weight - lookin good! Water helps our muscles perform at their best - turn on beast mode! Water can help...
Your water and education. Our solution.
We are in the water business………and we are passionate about providing our clients with the best water quality for their home or business in Central Minnesota and the Minneapolis-St. Paul South Metro area. We understand water treatment is not a riveting discussion to most, but it is an...
The 7 Wonders of Water from WebMD
The 7 Wonders of WaterDo you know all the WONDERful things water can do for your overall health?Take a couple of minutes and view this slideshow. It might just raise an eyebrow...or two. http://wb.md/2oFDHoi
Precipitation Test – See the hardness in water
Many people wonder what hardness is in water. It is the dissolved minerals of calcium and magnesium formed by ionic reactions resulting in the formation of an insoluble precipitate. Thus, a precipitation test. Unfortunately, that hardness is invisible to the eye. With this test, you will be...
