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What's in Your Tap Water? An Inside Look at Water Treatment
You may not know this but a lot can go into the process of providing safe drinkable water.
Fit to Break Tradition
A big portion of plumbing is the act of cutting, bending, and connecting pipe.
How to Use Water Wisely This Summer
Did you know that up to 50 percent of the water we use outside is not necessary to maintain a healthy landscape?
How Water Puts Out Fire
Why does water put out fire?
Pipe Advice for the Plumbing Impaired
Your home’s plumbing system could benefit from a little TLC from someone other than the plumber every once in a while.
Four Things You’re Doing Wrong in the Bathroom
Your bathroom is where you go to get clean, do your business and get out.
The Irony of 'Flushable' Wipes
The cost per sheet of a flushable wipe is $1—meaning for every flushable wipe, $.10 is for the wipe and $.90 goes to the plumber.” – Plumbing knowledge from a D.C. homeowner.
Preparing for the Megadrought
According to the Washington Post, a megadrought is characterized as a sustained period of sparse precipitation and significant loss of soil moisture that span generations, about 10 times as long as the normal 3 year drought.
Don’t Fear the Freeze!
Tips for Preventing a Plumbing Disaster this Winter
The Unexpected Downside of the Water Fountain Comeback
Americans now drink more bottled water than milk or even beer.
WARNING: It is unlawful in CALIFORNIA, VERMONT, MARYLAND, LOUISIANA and the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA to use any product in the installation or repair of any public water system or any plumbing in a facility or system that provides water for human consumption if the wetted surface area of the product has a weighted average lead content greater than 0.25%. This prohibition does not extend to service saddles used in California, Louisiana or under USA Public Law 111-380.