The Waterboy Blog

Real Estate: Adding Value with Whole House Water Filtration

Real Estate: Adding Value with Whole House Water Filtration When it comes to enhancing the value of your property, many homeowners focus on renovations like kitchen upgrades, bathroom remodels, or landscaping improvements. However, one often overlooked yet highly impactful upgrade is the installation of a …

How to Conserve Water at Home

How to Conserve Water at Home There are 167 plastic water bottles used annually and only 38 of those get recycled. Oil is used to make these water bottles, but can instead be used to fuel 1.3 million cars as well as 190,000 homes each …

Staying Hydrated 10 Simple Ways

Staying Hydrated 10 Simple Ways We all love a water break during sweaty workouts, but to maintain a healthy lifestyle it is important we focus on staying hydrated all day long.  A glass of water is the best known way to stay hydrated, although there are …

Dealing with Hard Water Scale

Dealing with Hard Water Scale Hard water is not considered harmful to your health, but it can leave what is referred to as “scale.” Scale starts by appearing chalky, but it eventually builds up to form a hard layer of minerals. Scale develops when the minerals …

Are you Giving Your Pets Unhealthy Water?

Are You Giving Your Pets Unhealthy Water? If you wouldn’t let your children drink tap water, then why are you allowing your precious pets to unknowingly lap it up? Sure, your pets don’t know any better, but you sure do. Tap water is generally safe …

Minerals Found in Your Drinking Water

Minerals Found in Your Drinking Water The water you use in your home or business commonly contains a range of minerals. The types and amounts of these minerals (measured in parts per million, or ppm) determine the “hardness” of your water supply. When measuring the …

Negative Effects of Hard Water

Negative Effects of Hard Water The term “hard water” is somewhat misleading. The water isn’t actually hard in any sense, but it does contain dissolved mineral components, usually calcium and magnesium. When water contains a high concentration of these minerals, it can cause a wide …

What Do Coconut Shells Have to Do with Water Filtration?

What Do Coconut Shells Have to Do with Water Filtration? At Superior Water, we are committed to making sure your water is clean, safe, and fresh. That’s why our WATERBOY filtration systems include three separate stages of filtration (and then a conditioning stage). Our first …

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; …

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 …

How to Filter Well Water in Your Home

How to Filter Well Water in Your Home If the water you use at home comes from a well, you will likely have to filter it. This is because well water can include quite a few contaminants that you and your family should not be …