The Waterboy Blog

From Waste Water to Drinking Water

In the efforts of turning waste into everyday resources, there are various ongoing projects seeking better ways to manage sanitation processes for developing nations. While the history of philanthropy is beleaguered with well-intentioned inventions that never seem to deliver on their promise, the OmniProcessor, designed …

How Much Energy Went into making your plastic Water Bottle?

Do you have plastic water bottles in your fridge, or a whole case sitting your garage? Maybe there’s one in your hand right now. Water bottles are convenient and ubiquitous. According to the Ban the Bottle website, the average American uses 167 water bottles per …

Calcium & Magnesium in Your Water

CALCIUM & MAGNESIUM IN YOUR WATER The minerals found in river water (a big source for drinking water) are the same as those found in the continental bedrock through which they flow. Much of this bedrock is formed from the fossils of ancient sea creatures; …

Reasons to Consider Water Fasting

Reasons to Consider Water Fasting There are just as many types of fasting as there are ways of doing it. Some are forced into it when they get stranded in places where they can’t get a meal, while others do it for its health benefits. …

Grow Amazing Tomatoes with Filtered Water

Grow Amazing Tomatoes with Filtered Water Please take a close look at the two attached photos. Last February I purchased a Waterboy 3000 and had it installed at my house in Pleasanton. If you look at the first photo, you can’t see the filter as …

Choose a Water Filtration System Sized for your Home

In Southern California, our homes are as unique as us. Some of us love living in cozy beach bungalows, while others need a few more rooms (and bathrooms) for our kids. Others are living the California dream, complete with huge, beautiful house with all the …

What is a Reverse Osmosis Unit, and Do I Need One?

This may sound a little funny, but it’s true:  water can be confusing. Okay, not water itself.  H2O is pretty easy to understand if you passed high school chemistry, but these days many companies have tried to make water complicated. You might have heard about …

Facts about Water Absorption and ingestion

Facts about Water Absorption and ingestion   Skin Absorption Exposure Time Oral Ingestion Adult Bath                     63%                      15 min                     27% Infant Bath                    40%                     15 min                  60% Child Swim                     88%                    1 hour                      12% Total Avg                      64%                                            36%

How Does Carbon Clean Water?

HOW DOES CARBON CLEAN WATER? If you are looking at water filtration systems, like our WATERBOY Whole House System, you will probably notice that most systems rely on something called “carbon filtering.” At Superior Water, we offer three stages of filtration, and activated carbon represents …