How Clean is Your Swimming Pool?

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Optimum Water Solutions, Water

How Clean is Your Swimming Pool? Depending on your location, either you have pool time year-round or wait in anticipation of summer. With the sun out and our friends and family nearby, there’s no better way to spend a warm afternoon. With all that fun, however, comes a certain cost associated with pool ownership: maintenance. […]

Five Ways Hard Water Can Damage Your Office

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Optimum Water Solutions, Water

Five Ways Hard Water Can Damage Your Office Hard water is typically considered to be a big nuisance due to the fact that it results in many problems, all of which can cause damage at your place of business. For one, hard water can increase your energy bills. Secondly, hard water damage can be costly. […]

Drinking Water Pollution in North Carolina

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Health, Water

Drinking Water Pollution in North Carolina In a world where environmental protection efforts are at a seemingly constant risk of losing funding, it is clear that the federal government holds a lot of power over regulations designed to protect the environment. There has been an apparent lack of government action in regard to environmental regulation, […]

Top Five Children’s Books to Teach About Water Pollution

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Optimum Water Solutions

Top Five Children’s Books to Teach About Water Pollution With all of the talk about climate change, water pollution, and the impact that we have on our planet making headlines these days, many parents are concerned with raising their children to care about the environment. Roughly 80% of the world’s wastewater is dumped – largely […]

Health Benefits of Activated Coconut Carbon

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Optimum Water Solutions, Purified

Health Benefits of Activated Coconut Carbon Activated coconut carbon, also known as activated charcoal, is a fine black powder made from coconut shells, bone char, peat, coal, petroleum coke, olive pits, or sawdust. The use of activated coconut carbon has been linked to various health benefits due to its ability to draw out toxins from […]