You’ve had your well tested and learned there are a number of contaminants in your water. You want to do everything you can to protect your home and family, but you’re not sure which water treatment system is best for you. Today, many New Hampshire homeowners are using whole house reverse osmosis systems to treat…
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Secondwind Helps Local School Remove PFAS Contaminants from Drinking Water In June, a local school contacted us after the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) detected PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in their well water. The chemicals were traced back to fire foam used at a nearby station. PFAS contaminants are associated with a…
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Owning a public water system requires more than simply taking water samples and complying with state and federal requirements. A PWS—like any complex mechanical system—needs ongoing monitoring, maintenance, and management. But, all too often, many PWS owners are so busy taking care of the daily needs of their business, school, or organization, they don’t think…
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Providing clean, contaminant-free water every time you turn on the tap. As the saying goes, water is the elixir of life. In one way or another, it is part of virtually everything we eat and drink. Up to sixty percent of our body is made up of water, and without it, no living organism can…
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Plastic is everywhere—in the fibers of our clothes, in the packaging of much of our food, and in the water bottles we drink. It’s relatively cheap to make and purchase, so we don’t think much about throwing it away when we’re done with it. Unfortunately, it will stick around much longer than any of us…
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Featured Photo: Secondwind Water System’s Commercial Team Back (L to R): Rich Laughton and Chris Vaughn Front (L to R): Greg Sereni, Heather Dahlin, and Steve Guercia As the late Apple founder, entrepreneur, and business magnate Steve Jobs once said, “It’s not the tools you have faith in. Tools are just tools—they work or they don’t…
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Water is all around us. We bathe in it, cook with it, and drink it on a daily basis. And the only way to ensure all this water is clean and safe to consume is to have it tested. But what if you’ve already tested your private well and installed a water treatment system? Test…
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If you’re on city water, you probably assume that every time you turn on the tap, you’ll get safe, quality drinking water. Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. As we’ve learned from the Flint, Michigan water crisis, even municipal water can contain high (and sometimes dangerous) contaminant levels. In this month’s blog article, Jesse Gagnon,…
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Every day, Secondwind Water Systems helps businesses, organizations, associations, and municipalities manage their public water systems (PWS). A critical part of our PWS operator service is our 24/7 remote monitoring system. We know how valuable remote PWS monitoring is to our clients—it can make the difference between a minor service call and a disastrous water…
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Water is the key to life. Every one of our body’s systems depends on clean, pure water. Quality water is also critical to business–particularly industrial, mechanical, and healthcare facilities that run water through their equipment. The water used in your systems will affect the quality of the products and services you produce, the lifespan of…
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