The best method of treating hard water is a water softener. Water softeners soften water using a process called ion exchange. The resin bedding the water softener tank uses this process to replace the calcium and magnesium in your water with much less damaging sodium ions.

The Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality has established a maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) of 0.120 milligrams per litre (mg/L) and an aesthetic objective (AO) of 0.020 mg/L. Health Risks Evidence indicates that consumption of manganese in drinking water above the MAC over a prolonged period of time can adversely affect neurologic development in children, and memory, attention and movement in adults.

Manganese cannot be removed from water through boiling. Boiling water may increase the concentration of manganese. Treatment systems include point-of-entry systems and point-of-use systems. Effective treatment methods for reducing manganese levels in drinking water include Cation Exchange, catalytic oxidizing filters, and Reverse Osmosis.

You will find tannins are listed only with an “aesthetic objective”, meaning the issues is more of an unsightly nuisance than a major health concern. 

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However, tannins can become a health issue when sterilizing your water with an ultraviolet sterilization unit. Turbidity (how clear the water is) plays a direct factor with the effectiveness of an ultraviolet sterilizer in treating bacteria and e.coli.

Water Softeners bedded with special Anion resins for are the most effective systems for the removal of tannin.

The pH of your well water can be neutralized by systems utilizing calcium carbonate, or calcite. Calcite is a sacrificial media made mostly of natural powdered limestone. As acidic water is filtered by the calcite, it dissolves it, raising the pH from acidic to neutral or alkaline.

Filtration through granular activated carbon, reverse osmosis, and softening your water are several solutions to common odour issues. Depending on the cause of your odour, a water test from one of our experienced technicians will give us a clear idea of the best course of treatment.

Over a short period, drinking water with high levels of arsenic can wreak havoc on the stomach, causing cramps, nausea, and diarrhea. Long term exposure to arsenic in your water can be attributed to causing certain types of cancers.

Methods of treating your water for arsenic include point-of-use applications like an under the counter reverse osmosis unit and point-of-entry applications like Anion Exchange and Adsorption medias.

Uranium is radioactive, and unsafe concentrations of uranium in your water can cause damage to your kidneys.

Similar to treating arsenic, methods of removing uranium include point-of-use applications like Reverse Osmosis and point-of-entry applications like Anion Exchange and Adsorption medias.

The Canadian Drinking Water Quality guideline limits lead content of potable water to a maximum acceptable concentration (MAC) of 0.010 mg/l. Exposure to high levels of lead may lead to increased blood pressure, kidney damage, anemia, digestive problems, nerve disorders, memory loss, muscle and joint pain, fatigue, irritability, and headaches.

Depending on the source of contamination, there are several ways to treat lead. Reverse Osmosis is an effective and economical way to purify your drinking water of lead and other contaminants by filtering out contaminants. Specialized carbon block filters for treating lead can also be used for whole house lead removal.

It is recommended that you have your water tested at an accredited lab for total coliforms and E. coli every 12 months, or if there is ever a drastic change in water quality.