by admin on August 6, 2014
This past weekend was an unpleasant one in Toledo, Ohio as a drinking water ban impacted the lives of nearly 400,000 residents. Caused by an algae bloom in Lake Erie, this is one of the larger recent drinking water bans this country has experienced, and comes relatively hot on the heels of January’s MCHM contamination […]
by admin on April 15, 2014
KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, Louisiana As municipal water supplies become more subject to spring contamination (think – snow runoff, decaying organic matter) you may hear more news stories using the phrase ‘chlorine burnout.’ So what exactly is chlorine burnout and what do you need to know about it? Essentially, this refers simply to a […]
by admin on February 7, 2014
With the recent drinking water crises, including the MCHM spill in West Virginia and E. Coli contamination in New York, it can be easy to forget that situations just as tragic continue to be common throughout much of the world. One part of the world that has been suffering through a clean water crisis is […]
by admin on January 24, 2014
So is the tap water in West Virginia safe to drink or not? Two weeks after a chemical storage plant operated by Freedom Industries spilled 7,500+ gallons of MCHM – an industrial chemical used to separate coal from rock – into the drinking water supply, some tests indicate that water still may not be safe. […]
by admin on January 3, 2014
“Water changes everything” – charity: water Over the last several years, WaterFilters.NET has been proud to support and partner with charity: water by offering a portion of our profits to its mission. The results of this financial support can be seen in the Ethiopian villages of May Shintro and Mai Gudguad, both of which are […]
by admin on November 22, 2013
Tuesday, November 19th was the first official World Toilet Day. Those not ingrained in the water or water filters business daily may, as shared in this CNN article, may see this as a bit of a joke. But in reality, a toilet represents an incredibly basic right that most of our world still lives without. […]
by admin on August 30, 2013
Solving the global water shortage crisis will require good ideas from all directions. We’ve helped to support this need with our recent Future of Water scholarship, awarding $500 for a solution proposed by Duke University student Mona Dai. In response to the solution provided by Dai and our first and second runners-up, we received the […]
by wfnblog on December 20, 2011
As another expression of our core commitment to Improve Water and the World, WaterFilters.NET is lifting up the work of major water charities. Here is one of ten non-profits to which we recently contributed. Water.org is challenging the conventional approach to assisting people in developing nations. Their main goals are: 1) raising awareness of the […]