Water Treatment
Did you know the water in most homes contains chlorine and ammonia? Everyone knows you can’t live without water, but local water quality can be very poor and harmful to your health, even despite meeting EPA standards. If you would like to have healthier and better tasting water coming from your taps, water treatment may be the solution you’re looking for.
Chemicals, contaminants and your health
Our municipalities are required to deliver water to our homes and businesses that meets EPA standards and is free of harmful bacteria. Unfortunately, the trade-off to accomplish this is that the water is treated with chlorine and in many cases ammonia to eliminate bacteria. When chlorine and ammonia are joined together it creates chloramine. Chloramine has been known to cause or aggravate respiratory problems such as asthma as well as cause or aggravate skin problems such as dry and itchy skin. Chloramine can also cause leeching of lead from your pipes and lead soldering into your tap water. Precision Plumbing, Heating and Cooling takes your health very seriously and it is our obligation to educate our customers about the water that they drink and bathe in. You can find more information about levels of various contaminants in your water from your local water supplier.
Your plumbing is also at risk
Your health is not the only thing at risk. Your plumbing system is greatly affected by the chemicals used in the water treatment process and minerals (such as calcium) attack your plumbing fixtures and greatly reduce the life of plumbing fixtures. Chlorine and chloramine dry out rubber parts and contribute to premature failure and unnecessary repairs.
Does your water smell like rotten eggs? Another substance called hydrogen sulfide can cause this smell as well as causing corrosion to your plumbing lines. Water treatment can also help lessen this kind of foul odor or taste in your water.
If you are considering treating your water for any of these reasons, Precision Plumbing, Heating and Cooling offers multiple solutions for suburban Chicagoland residents to address the chemicals added to your water through:
Call Precision Plumbing, Heating and Cooling today and we will help you diagnose and treat all of your water problems. Precision Plumbing, Heating and Cooling proudly serves suburban Chicagoland 24 hours a day, 7 days a week… Is today soon enough?
Click on on the links below to see local towns Water Quality Reports:
City of Wheaton 2009 Water Quality Report
