Water Quality & Treatment Blog

Choosing an ultra violet disinfection system to treat your water can be a challenging and complicated purchase as there are many different models on the market. How do you know what system to trust with your water quality?

Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of over 4700 human made synthetics. They’re commonly referred to as “forever chemicals” due to their persistence in the environment and collection in living tissues.

When considering potential risks regarding your water source it is important to remember that what you see on the surface is not always what is going on under the ground. A septic system is out of site, and therefore quite often forgotten.

A water softener is a device that reduces the hardness of the water. A water softener typically uses sodium or potassium ions to replace calcium and magnesium ions, the ions that create "hardness."

This comparison of Ultraviolet Disinfection and Reverse Osmosis highlights two of the most common types of systems that are commonly installed in rural and municipal water source applications.

In Canada, individuals who are not supplied with a municipal water source are left to decide what quality of water is acceptable for their residences. As there is no jurisdiction or regulation for water quality or testing requirements.

Carbon based filters are essential for removing organic compounds including those that are volatile, such as components of gasoline, solvents and industrial cleaners, trihalomethanes (THMs), pesticides, herbicides, and chlorine. 

Throughout the course of more than 20 years of experience, it has become apparent that the majority of people are unaware of the requirement to have a water test completed as part of a rural purchase of a home, cottage or business located in a rural area.