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Tips to Stay Hydrated This Summer

Whether you’re spending your summer inside or outdoors, water is an important part of every person’s diet. Proper hydration helps give your body what it needs to carry out important functions and keeps you feeling your best. Here are five

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Is Mineral Water Good For You?

What is mineral water? Mineral water is water with minerals in it — obviously. More specifically, it’s water that comes out of a “geologically and physically protected water source” with at least 225 parts per million (ppm) “total undissolved solids,”

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Drinking Water: Bottled Water or Filtered Water?

When most people want a drink of water, they reach for a bottle rather than taking advantage of the faucet. We often choose bottled water for convenience and quality, but there’s a better way to easily get pure, quality water.

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Chlorine In Your Water Supply Can Cause Problems

Water companies use disinfectants, like chlorine and chloroform, to filter and remove harmful bacteria in your drinking water. It’s advocated as a cost-efficient way to decontaminate and keep your household safe. While this holds truth, chlorine does not come with

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Is Tap Water Safe to Drink?

It’s not uncommon for some people to have a bit of apprehension when it comes to drinking water straight from the tap. With cities like Flint, Michigan’s water being completely undrinkable, it makes sense you want to make sure the

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4 Myths About Water Softeners

If you don’t know much about water softeners or how they work, it can be easy to believe some of the myths out there. At Kinetico San Antonio, we think it’s important to inform our customers and debunk these myths

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Is Reverse Osmosis Water Good For You?

So what exactly is “reverse osmosis?” According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “reverse osmosis is the movement of freshwater through a semipermeable membrane when pressure is applied to a solution (such as seawater) on one side of it,” – or, in

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4 Best Songs About Water

No matter the kind, it’s not difficult to find music about good ol’ water. Water is a necessity for life, so why not write songs about it? All of the songs below use water as either a force to reckon

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Do Water Pitcher Filters Actually Work?

Water: the liquid of life. People tend to take clean water for granted. Contaminants such as lead, chlorine and more can be infused in the water from your tap. So what do you do to get rid of the contaminants?