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Schedule my free water testChlorine vs. chloramine: what your water utility adds and why
What chlorine and chloramine are, why utilities use them, and which filtration media reduce each one. With sources from the EPA and university extension.
Read article →Water hardness explained: mg/L, grains per gallon and what the numbers mean
What water hardness is, how it is measured in mg/L and grains per gallon, and how to read the official hardness scale. With USGS and university extension sources.
Read article →Does a water softener remove chlorine?
A softener is designed to reduce hardness. Learn what it does and does not remove, and which media reduce chlorine. With university extension sources.
Read article →Whole house vs. point-of-use: which water treatment fits your home
The difference between point-of-entry (whole house) and point-of-use systems like reverse osmosis and shower filters, and how to choose.
Read article →How reverse osmosis works, stage by stage
What happens in each of the four stages of our reverse osmosis system and what RO reduces. With university extension sources.
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