When people speak of soft water, I have heard everything from 0 to 7 grains of calcium carbonate /gal (gpg). The official definition is below. Water hardness is classified by the U.S. Department of Interior and the Water Quality Association as follows: Units are grains of calcium carbonate /gal (gpg) Soft water = 0 – […]
Recently I did a site survey at a local 20-year-old hotel. The internal copper water pipes are eroding away for some reason. The punch list above includes potential causes. This erosion will not fix itself. If the root cause cannot be identified, then an internal pipe coating injection system on main water line maybe required. […]
The conventional and highly appropriate response from regulatory agencies in times of water emergencies is to notify all consumers to boil all water used for drinking or culinary purposes until bacteriological samples demonstrate that the water is safe, and/or until appropriate corrective actions have been completed. Such notices are commonly called a “boil water advisory” […]
