How to Spot a Water Quality Problem Before Buying a Home
You think you’ve found your dream home and you’re already envisioning yourself living there. It’s got great curb appeal and the current owners did a terrific job sprucing it up…
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How to Check the Salt Level in Your Water Softener
An important part of keeping your Kinetico quality water softener operating efficiently is knowing how to check the salt level. But how much is too much and how much is…
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6 Key Responsibilities of Operating a Public Water System
You’re responsible for operating and managing a public water system (PWS). Now what? If you own or operate a PWS, it is your responsibility to comply with all state and…
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Optimized Commercial Water Treatment System
In this month’s blog, we discuss how the Secondwind team optimized the commercial water treatment system of a global manufacturer of high-level communication systems. The result? An increase in performance and…
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How Long Will Your Water Treatment System Last?
Secondwind has been replacing a lot of water treatment systems lately. This photo shows some of the many currently found in our “graveyard.” When you turn on your faucet, bathe…
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Crab Processing Facility
One fish… two fish… red fish… grey crab? We received a call from a crab processing facility that was having a problem with the crab meat turning grey, crab meat should…
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Five Good Reasons to Stop Drinking Bottled Water
Americans love drinking bottled water. In fact, bottled water is more popular than carbonated soft drinks. But it’s expensive and oftentimes no better tasting or safer than the water you…
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Operating and Maintaining Your Own Public Water System
Operating and maintaining your own public water system can be daunting. To many businesses and organizations, the compliance paperwork alone is overwhelming. For this reason, many public water system owners…
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Proprietary Water Treatment Equipment
What’s So Bad About Purchasing A Proprietary Brand of Water Treatment Equipment? Occasionally during the sales process someone will mention that another company told them to be wary of buying…
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Preventive Maintenance for Your Commercial Water Treatment System
Whether it’s your car, your chimney, or your boiler, all mechanical systems need to be maintained if they’re going to last. And because water quality is essential to the success…
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