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"Water" The Most Important Resource!

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There are so many subjects to cover I am in a bit of a quandary as where to start our first blog post about water treatment.  I guess we will start with the most important subject and what this is all about, "Water". Every drop of water on earth has been here since the beginning of time.  71% of the earth's surface is covered by water. Of that water 96.5% is in our oceans as salt water. That leaves 3.5% left as fresh water but 69% of that water is locked up in glaciers and the polar ice caps. This leaves less than 1% of the total volume of water on earth available as fresh water and most of that is deep underground and unavailable to us.  So you see there is actually very little water available for all of us to live our daily lives.  That is why it is so important to protect and conserve our water resources and do what we can individually to insure this precious resource is available for future generations. The Water Cycle The earths "Water Cycle...

Blogs Away!

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Welcome to "The Water Softener Blog" and thank you for visiting our site.  This is our first post with our new blog site!  There is a lot more content to come. Now that I look at it further, that may not be the best picture to launch our new blog. The "Blogs Away" picture reminds me of the song "You Dropped A Bomb On Me, Baby" by the Gap Band from 1982!  We promise you there won't be any bombs dropped here, just helpful information. After thirty plus years in the water treatment business I decided there is a definite need for a new type of water treatment blog.  One that is practical, informative and useful for anyone dealing with water issues.  Where you can find the proper solutions, answers and options to your water treatment problems or concerns from a seasoned water treatment professional.  There are far too many water blogs started by people that pretend to be knowledgeable about water treatment but all they really know is what they resea...