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Jun 8, 2026

Is Hard Water Ruining Happy Hour?

Wolverine Water Systems, a Michigan-based water treatment company serving the state since 1947, published a fun seasonal piece on how hard water affects homemade drinks.

Jun 1, 2026

Can Pond Water Be Used for Drinking Water?

Aquatek Water Conditioning, an Ohio-based water treatment company, wrote a guide on using pond water as a drinking water source.

May 25, 2026

Iron Removal Basics

Central Oregon Water Treatment published a practical guide on one of the most common points of confusion in residential water treatment: whether a water softener can handle iron, and when it can't.

May 18, 2026

Visual Guide to Water Softener Water

Praz Pure Water, a Los Angeles-based water treatment company, released a homeowner guide on softened water that includes an ion exchange infographic explaining exactly how the mineral swap works.

May 11, 2026

Coconut Shell Activated Carbon

SpringWell published a detailed guide on coconut shell activated carbon, the filter media behind most carbon-based water treatment products, and it's a useful reference for answering why carbon filters work differently than RO or UV systems.

May 4, 2026

Profile on Local Phoenix Business

WCP Online recently profiled Water Treatment Technologies (WTT), a Phoenix-based residential and commercial water treatment company that's been serving the area since 1992.

Apr 27, 2026

New Report on Nitrate Levels

A new report from the Environmental Working Group found that over 62 million Americans, roughly 1 in 5, may be exposed to potentially dangerous nitrate levels in their tap water, and the number gets worse when looking below the federal limit.

Apr 20, 2026

Testing Requirements for Loans

Tri-County Pump Service breaks down what buyers and sellers need to know about well water testing requirements when VA, FHA, or USDA financing is involved.

Apr 13, 2026

Why Nitrate Levels Rise

Tri-County Pump Service, a Maryland-based well and water treatment company, explains why private well owners often see higher nitrate readings in spring, even when nothing has changed with their pump or plumbing.

Apr 6, 2026

PFAS Regulations Are Working

A Rutgers Health study published in Environment International offers some rare good news on the PFAS front: New Jersey's strict drinking water limits cut PFOA levels by 55% and PFNA levels by 50% over nearly two decades of monitoring data.

Mar 30, 2026

Glyphosate Executive Order

SpringWell covers the drinking water implications of a February executive order, which directs the U.S. to ramp up domestic glyphosate production to protect agricultural supply.

Mar 23, 2026

Texas Restaurant Puts RO to Work

A local news segment out of Robstown, Texas shows what a commercial RO installation looks like from the customer side, and validates the case for RO in restaurants and food service businesses.

Mar 16, 2026

MCLG vs. MCL

Dierolf Plumbing and Water Treatment wrote a homeowner-friendly breakdown of two terms that appear on every water quality report but rarely get explained: MCLG and MCL.

Mar 9, 2026

Modern Marketing

WCP Online published a practical guide on organic social media strategy, written by water dealer marketing specialist Cari Berman.

Mar 2, 2026

Lower Water Quality for Data Centers

Ohio is the hottest data center market in the Great Lakes region, with nearly 200 facilities already operating and 77 more planned. But a proposed permit from the Ohio EPA could come at a significant cost to water quality.

Feb 23, 2026

Rural Solutions

Cornell's VersaWater received $5 million from the National Science Foundation to develop "utility-in-a-box" water systems that target the gap between large centralized systems and household solutions, creating opportunities for companies serving the underserved small community market.

Feb 16, 2026

PFAS Filtration at School

Boyertown School District in Pennsylvania unanimously approved a $30,000 resin filtration system from Suburban Water to address PFAS contamination at their elementary school, showing how schools are customers for specialized water treatment solutions.

Feb 9, 2026

The $847 Hard Water Tax

McCandless Plumbing created a data-driven report connecting water quality variations across Pennsylvania to specific homeowner costs. The Western New York company reveals that homeowners in hard water areas (>180 mg/L) pay an average of $847 more annually in plumbing costs, breaking down into water heater repairs ($420), fixture replacements ($215), scale removal ($145), and emergency repairs ($67).

Feb 2, 2026

Winter Protection

SpringWell published a how-to on protecting whole-home filtration systems from freeze damage while promoting their neoprene filter jackets as a professional solution.

Jan 26, 2026

Threat of PFAS Pesticides

SpringWell wrote an educational piece connecting agricultural PFAS use to drinking water contamination while promoting their whole-home PFAS filtration system as the solution. Author Tommy Stricklin explains that PFAS "forever chemicals" are increasingly added to pesticides as ingredients to enhance performance, with fluorinated pesticides now applied to staple crops like corn, wheat, kale, spinach, apples, and strawberries.

Jan 19, 2026

Water Filtration for Restaurants

Praz Pure Water recently positioned water filtration as essential restaurant infrastructure rather than optional equipment, showing how different technologies solve specific operational problems.

Jan 12, 2026

EPA Proposes Perchlorate Rules

Last week, the EPA proposed a rule requiring monitoring and treatment for perchlorate (a contaminant from both natural sources and industrial uses) in public water systems.

Jan 5, 2026

52-Year Family Water Business

WCP Online recently profiled Maynard's Water Conditioning, a Michigan family business that demonstrates how customer service and community involvement can sustain multi-generational growth.

Dec 29, 2025

Year-in-Review

AquiSense published their 2025 year-in-review highlighting major business milestones and regulatory wins that signal a growing acceptance of LED technology in water treatment.

Dec 22, 2025

Holiday PFAS Education

This month, SpringWell started their "12 Days of PFAS" series that mixes holiday themes with important water safety education. Author and chief water specialist Tommy Stricklin set up the campaign to build knowledge step by step, starting with basic PFAS facts and moving through where contamination comes from, health risks, and rule changes before showing their water filter as the answer.