"Water" The Most Important Resource!

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 "Water Cycle" plays the key role in determining how and where these precious water resources are available and distributed. With the constant cycle of evaporation, condensation and precipitation these water resources move about our planet.  The state of California suffered through one of the states worst droughts in it's history from 2012 to 2016.  The so called "El-Nino", that hit California this winter and early spring with heavy snow pack and rain show the dramatic effects of the water cycle and how quickly things can change.  The people of California are still a little skeptical that this is the recovery they need but they are at least breathing a sigh of relief now that their water resources are on the path to recovery.  What a valuable lesson learned in our lifetime.

Lake Oroville California, USA. 2013 on left and 2016 on right.

I think we will make this short and sweet.  Point made about our water resources and how we all need to protect them every day.  The simplest way is to not let the water run constantly while brushing our teeth.  You never know where that water may be tomorrow!

Below are links to articles and websites with more information discussed in this blog topic.

How much water is on earth?

USGS - California Science Center

The USGS Water Science School - What is the water cycle?

The Nature Conservancy - Protecting Water for People and Nature

Ways to Protect and Conserve Groundwater


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Blogs Away!

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 researched on the web, possibly a few books or articles they read.  There is nothing better than first hand knowledge and practical experience solving tough water treatment problems and that is what we intend to bring you every day with The Water Softener Blog.  The majority of water treatment/softener blogs are simply created for profit and in reality offer very little in actual real water treatment solutions.  It's the same old thing with almost every water treatment blog.  They are just there to generate income with their blog with no real useful content to help you make an informed decision.

Don't get me wrong. This blog is intended to generate income also, but more importantly it is designed to help you make an educated, informed and confident decision when you need to fix your water.  If you have a water treatment company help you with your water problems  "The Water Softener Blog" will give you the tools you need to get through the double talk by many so called "Sales Professionals" that are just there to make a buck and not really fix your problem.  There will be videos to help you repair/rebuild almost any water softener valve, manuals for practically every water treatment system in the market, links to many sites for useful information, links to trustworthy on-line water treatment dealers, timely articles regarding water problems we are currently facing and articles to walk you through how to choose a water softener/treatment system and how to program it properly for your application.  As a matter of fact I have other water treatment blog sites refer their customers/viewers to previous blogs I developed because they were so informative and helped people understand exactly what they needed to look for in a water treatment system.  That is what encouraged us to start this new blog concept.

So please excuse us while we develop our blog site. We promise you will not be disappointed!

As one of my old fishing buddies says with the opening of his weekly television fishing show,

"Sit Back, Cause Here We Go"!



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