The faucet on my Vertex water cooler is broken

March 6, 2012

The most common repair needed on any water cooler is the dispensing faucet. To repair it of course you need a new faucet, but you need to know how to do it. Abbey Spring stocks all the faucets for the Vertex water coolers and the cost is $13.50. What you get is more than you [...]

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Treatment System Relieves Village Reliance on Bottled Water

March 2, 2012

Here is a village that had high levels of Uranium in their drinking water. To remove it they built a treatment system designed specifically to treat the problem. This is a similar concern that was raised during the earthquake and sunami in Japan a year ago. Requests for solutions rose dranatically during that crisis. The [...]

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One Trillion Dollars needed for infrastructure repair

February 29, 2012

A new report from the American Water Works Assn. indicates that $1 trillion will be needed for repairs and expansion of the U.S. water infrastructure alone over the next 25 years. The report, titled“Buried No Longer: Confronting America’s Water Infrastructure Challenge” takes various factors into consideration, including timing of water main installation and life expectancy, materials [...]

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I Need Parts for my Vertex water cooler

February 29, 2012

So you have a Vertex PWC (Pure Water Cooler) and it’s broke or not working as well as it used to. Perhaps you forgot who you bought it from or the company has dissapeared or gone out of business and you have no one to turn to for help. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU. Abbey [...]

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Another Bottleless solution

February 21, 2012

Here is a little followup to our earlier posts about the Pacific ocean Gyre…the huge island of trash and plastic floating in our western ocean. To do our part my family bought a Soda Stream  carbonator in an effort to save money and also reduce the number of empty plastic bottles we recycle. My family [...]

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Bottled water sales banned at Grand Canyon National Park

February 16, 2012

At the beginning of March, bottled water sales will be prohibited in Grand Canyon National Park – but retailers at the park can sell carbonated soft drinks and juice in plastic bottles and visitors can still bring them. The park says that the waste associated with disposable bottles comprises an estimated 20% of the park’s [...]

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Arsenic in Water

February 15, 2012

Arsenic is a semi-metal element in the periodic table. It is odorless and tasteless. It enters the drinking water supplies from natural deposits in the earth or from agricultural and industrial practices. Non-cancer effects can include thickening and discoloration of the skin, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; numbness in hands and feet; partial paralysis; and [...]

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High levels of nitrates in water supply

January 23, 2012

The village water supply of Mayestown, IL has tested positive for the presence of nitrates. The village has asked that the very young not come in contact with the water. Nitrates and nitrites are used in fertilizers and water supplies near agricultural areas are often exposed to these substances and should be tested for on [...]

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Cryptosporidium found in Portland, OR Bull Run Reservoir

January 20, 2012

A year ago the parasite, cryptosporidium, was found in the surface water reservoir, Bull Run, which is Portland OR source for drinking water. It is still there as report this month states. This is not uncommon for surface water sources such as Bull Run or the San Francisco/Oakland CA reservoir Hetch Hetchy or Marin CA [...]

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Norovirus, A Very Resilient Virus

January 19, 2012

As a followup to our earlier post about well and well water maintenence and inspection, here is one more reason to take it seriously. The Norovirus does show up in well water and can cause what is called stomach flu. Have you ever had a stomach flu? I have and it is miserable. The virus [...]

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