Educational Blogs - Water and Air Quality — healthy

One aspect of coffee brewing often ignored is water quality. Unfiltered water can ruin even the best specialty coffee. In order to consistently make a perfect cup of coffee, you need to use the right filtered water that will enhance the smells and flavors contained within the beans. Serving coffee beverages with high quality purified water indicates elevated quality standards that customers appreciate in a crowded and competitive market. What is the best water for coffee brewing? The best posible water for coffee brewing, according to SCA, has a neutral pH of 7– which helps highlight the often acidic notes...

  Millions of American households depend on their fridge filter for their drinking water, these are a convenient and seemingly safe source of clean water, but for many, these filtration systems are often not capable of properly removing all contaminants from their water. Fridge water filters are typically just a single carbon filter that does remove unwanted smells and tastes but, will not get rid of most contaminants. The pore size used is commonly 20 micron, which would permit finer particles to pass on to your drinking water. For most people, fridge filters are simply not enough to properly purify...

What is hydroponics?   Hydroponics is one of the newest ways of growing plants,  without using dirt or soil by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions diluted to the desired concentration. Plants may grow with their roots exposed to the nutrients, the roots are supported by an inert medium such as perlite, gravel, or other materials. Direct contact with nutrients allows for maximum absorption of key elements needed for growth and development, this leads to plants growing up to twice the speed compared to soil-based plants. A hydroponics system uses only a fraction of the water that conventional farming uses, but...

The air we breathe is a direct contributor to our quality of life. Most people spend most of their time indoors where air pollution levels are usually 2 to 5 times higher than outdoors. People with respiratory conditions such as asthma, COPD, and seasonal allergies need to be aware of the air quality within their living or working space.    Why an Air Purifier? Allergies & Asthma: People with allergies or asthma, should choose an air purifier that has multiple levels of filtration including HEPA filters to help remove allergens that are in the air.  Pets: Pet owners are also...

Many homes are reliant on wells to meet their water needs. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) More than 43 million people, about 15 percent of the U.S. population, rely on private domestic wells as their source of drinking water in their houses. The quality and safety of water from domestic wells are not regulated by the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act or, in most cases, by state laws. Instead, individual homeowners are responsible for maintaining their domestic well systems and for monitoring water quality. Usually, the main concern of well water users is bacteria. Dangerous pathogens such as E...