Re: Clean Water and a Healthy Planet

ctyankee -

Thanks for the debate and for having an open mind. In my experience, engineers are the hardest to convince that our technology has validity. I appreciate your willingness to at least leave the door open.

As far as improving your water...Municipal water, no matter where you are, has toxic by-products from chlorination that can be absorbed through your skin or breathed in from steam when showering - in larger quantities than actually drinking the water. So we could help you with that. And if you have hard water - well, that's exactly what I've been talking about - we have that covered up to 25 grains of hardness.

I will pass your suggestions about the science summary on to our CEO. Unfortunately I am not in charge of our marketing...though I am always interested in passing on ways to improve our image and make our products more understandable. I do run the ECOsmarte Blog, where I get to voice my opinions, defend/explain our products and help troubleshoot once in a while. I have great fun with that.

As far as brine discharge - you may not be aware that many municipalities have serious chloride level issues in their rivers and lakes. It's not the sodium that is the problem as much as the chloride - so switching to potassium chloride isn't a viable solution. Some municipalities are concerned enough to ban brine discharge like Santa Clarita CA and Hamburg MI, and some are educating their customers like Paso Robles CA and Chilton WI, to name a very few of many across the country. Most states restrict the levels of chlorides in sewer treatment plant effluent, and will fine municipalities that exceed those levels. Resulting environmental damage is destruction of plant and aquatic species that are not chloride-resistant while non-native species that are resistant to chloride flourish, changing the entire balance of local ecosystems. In agricultural areas, chlorides can cause dramatic reduction of crop yields as well. Perhaps it is more environmentally harmful than you realize.

Thanks for all your input. Feel free to contact me directly if you have any more questions.