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Thousands of the nation’s largest water polluters are outside the Clean Water Act’s reach because the Supreme Court has left uncertain which waterways are protected by that law, according to interviews with regulators.

As a result, some businesses are declaring that the law no longer applies to them. And pollution rates are rising. Continue reading Rulings Restrict Clean Water Act, Foiling E.P.A.

No! Water softeners like GE or Kenmore are made back East where the water hardness is between 2 To 7 grains.  Read their instruction manual – it states that this water equipment is designed for low hard water.  In Arizona our water is extremely hard. Here in Arizona our water hardness averages 25 grains per gallon.  This is the hardest water in the nation. The average life of GE and Kenmore units is 3 years; and these units will never give you effective soft water (in Arizona). If you want a water softener which will work in Arizona – you need 64,000 grains of really good resin. Check out our residential water softeners (Brian Thompson – please link to our residential water softeners).  Most of our client’s are renting the water softeners for 99 cents a day.  The advantage of renting is that you do not have a large initial investment.  You are able to take advantage of the time value of money (you pay a small service fee every month).  You receive a new unit every 5 years (there is no charge for this service).  We promise you 100% – A+ water all the time.  If you ever have any problems pick up the phone and call us.  We will take care of all service issues at no charge.  There will be service issues; it is important to chose a company which has a good reputation and a good service history.

Respectfully,

Brian Hayden Boyett CWS-IV, CI

General Manager Boyett Family Rayne Water Conditioning

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Just about everyone who lives in Arizona has “hard” water at home.

That means your water contains dissolved minerals such as calcium and magnesium.

How “hard” your water is depends on how many grains of the minerals it contains per gallon. Water that contains more than 1 grain per gallon is considered hard; water with more than 10.5 gpg is very hard.

A typical glass of Arizona water has at least 15 gpg. Continue reading Make water softer, taste better

The 35-year-old federal law regulating tap water is so out of date that the water Americans drink can pose what scientists say are serious health risks — and still be legal.

Only 91 contaminants are regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act, yet more than 60,000 chemicals are used within the United States, according toEnvironmental Protection Agencyestimates. Government and independent scientists have scrutinized thousands of those chemicals in recent decades, and identified hundreds associated with a risk of cancer and other diseases at small concentrations in drinking water, according to an analysis of government records by The New York Times. Continue reading That Tap Water Is Legal but May Be Unhealthy

More than 20 percent of the nation’s water treatment systems have violated key provisions of the Safe Drinking Water Act over the last five years, according to a New York Times analysis of federal data.

That law requires communities to deliver safe tap water to local residents. But since 2004, the water provided to more than 49 million people has contained illegal concentrations of chemicals like arsenic or radioactive substances like uranium, as well as dangerous bacteria often found in sewage. Continue reading Millions in U.S. Drink Dirty Water, Records Show

It was drizzling lightly in late October when the midnight shift started at the Owls Head Water Pollution Control Plant, where much of Brooklyn’s sewage is treated.

A few miles away, people were walking home without umbrellas from late dinners. But at Owls Head, a swimming pool’s worth of sewage and wastewater was soon rushing in every second. Warning horns began to blare. A little after 1 a.m., with a harder rain falling, Owls Head reached its capacity and workers started shutting the intake gates.

That caused a rising tide throughout Brooklyn’s sewers, and untreated feces and industrial waste started spilling from emergency relief valves into the Upper New York Bay and Gowanus Canal. Continue reading As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways

MASONTOWN, Pa. — For years, residents here complained about the yellow smoke pouring from the tall chimneys of the nearby coal-fired power plant, which left a film on their cars and pebbles of coal waste in their yards. Five states — including New York and New Jersey — sued the plant’s owner, Allegheny Energy, claiming the air pollution was causing respiratory diseases and acid rain.

So three years ago, when Allegheny Energy decided to install scrubbers to clean the plant’s air emissions, environmentalists were overjoyed. The technology would spray water and chemicals through the plant’s chimneys, trapping more than 150,000 tons of pollutants each year before they escaped into the sky. Continue reading Cleansing the Air at the Expense of Waterways

MORRISON, Wis. — All it took was an early thaw for the drinking water here to become unsafe.

There are 41,000 dairy cows in Brown County, which includes Morrison, and they produce more than 260 million gallons of manure each year, much of which is spread on nearby grain fields. Other farmers receive fees to cover their land with slaughterhouse waste and treated sewage.

In measured amounts, that waste acts as fertilizer. But if the amounts are excessive, bacteria and chemicals can flow into the ground and contaminate residents’ tap water. Continue reading Health Ills Abound as Farm Runoff Fouls Wells

Jennifer Hall-Massey knows not to drink the tap water in her home near Charleston, W.Va.

In fact, her entire family tries to avoid any contact with the water. Her youngest son has scabs on his arms, legs and chest where the bathwater — polluted with lead, nickel and other heavy metals — caused painful rashes. Many of his brother’s teeth were capped to replace enamel that was eaten away.

Neighbors apply special lotions after showering because their skin burns. Tests show that their tap water contains arsenic, barium, lead, manganese and other chemicals at concentrations federal regulators say could contribute to cancer and damage the kidneys and nervous system. Continue reading Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering