27th October 2009
It seems like no matter how often you turn on the TV news or open a newspaper, there's somewhere in the world that is facing some type of natural disaster or other emergency situation. Have you ever thought about what would happen to you and your family i...
27th October 2009
Municipal water filtration systems have been around for centuries. Even people several centuries back realized the need for safe, clean public water and started demanding it from their leaders. This demand was based on an Enlightenment period concept th...
19th October 2009
People who travel to remote areas of the world often have a problem in that they aren't able to find the clean, fresh drinking water their bodies need. You can never tell what kind of contaminants will be found in streams, rivers, and lakes, and in areas ...
19th October 2009
It's hard to believe that the fossilized remains of single-celled plants that lived 15,000 years ago could be of use to us in today's modern world, but scientists have come up with a way to utilize the diatomaceous earth (D.E.) they created by dying in th...
22nd September 2009
The type of kitchen cabinets you choose for your kitchen can add both beauty and style depending on the quality of the cabinets you use. Of course, adding new cabinets can be very expensive, but there is an alternative. You can easily and cost-effectively...
22nd September 2009
The Amish have been building gorgeous wooden fireplaces for centuries; it has only been recently, however, that they have begun selling them to the general public. Anyone who loves the look of hand-carved wood and the ambiance of fine wood furniture is go...
22nd September 2009
You've probably attended public functions where you wished there was free drinking water available. Even if there are vendors selling many different types of beverages, there are times when all you want is a good, old-fashioned drinking fountain. Events c...
22nd September 2009
There are so many water filtration companies in the world today that it's hard to know who you can trust. The deal is, though, that when you purchase water filtration equipment, you are trusting the lives of your family and yourself to them. You are trust...
10th August 2009
It only takes two or three days without water for human body systems to start to fail. That’s how important clean, fresh drinking water is to our health and well-being. Most of us take clean water for granted, because all the majority of us have ever ha...
10th August 2009
If you read tips for how to plan for the possibility of a disaster striking, there are two tips that experts will give you: Keep a pair of strudy shoes handy so that you don’t cut your feet on broken glass, and have an adequate emergency water supply on...
27th June 2009
Have you ever stopped to think about what you would do if there was some kind of natural emergency in your area that cut off your flow of clean water? Maybe the thought has crossed your mind because you’ve seen news reports from other areas that have be...
27th June 2009
Diatomaceous earth (DE) is made up of the fossilized remains of diatoms which were small, single-celled, hard-shelled algae that existed prehistorically. These fossils make DE a high-porosity substance, because the fossilized remains are actually excepti...
17th June 2009
Although you may not have ever heard of it, the bowel infection giardiasis afflicts more than 2.5 million people in the United States every year. In undeveloped countries, it can affect as much as 20-30% of the population. The reason it’s so prevalent i...
17th June 2009
In the aftermath of natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina which devastated New Orleans in 2005, the biggest need of the populace is fresh, clean water. Unfortunately, natural disasters can wipe out municipal water treatment facilities and contamina...
12th June 2009
We’ve seen the pictures of people in third world countries drinking from polluted streams and heard about the rampant disease epidemics that take place in those countries. Living as we do in the United States, it’s hard to believe that anyone in the w...
