Clear answers to the questions we get asked most often: well water, hard water and filtration. These articles are written by the Pure H2O team, water treatment specialists in Quebec.
Well water and water testing
Knowing what is in your water is the first step before choosing a treatment.
Water testing
Clear water with no taste or smell can still be contaminated. Why and when to have your well water tested.
Does your water smell like rotten eggs? Here’s where it comes from and how to fix it
How to tell whether the smell comes from the well or the water heater, and which treatment to choose based on your water test.
What substances can be found in your drinking water?
Minerals, contaminants, sediment: what can end up in drinking water and change its colour, taste or smell.
Hard water
Limescale leaves marks everywhere: on your skin, your hair, your fixtures and your appliances.
The effects of hard water on skin and hair
What hard water does to your skin and hair, and how to soften it.
Did you know that hard water can affect the lifespan of your appliances?
How limescale damages your appliances, and how to protect them.
Water filtration
Filtration processes and what they really remove.
The 3 types of water filtration available
Carbon filter, ultrafiltration or reverse osmosis: the three processes and what each one removes.
Are water filter pitchers effective?
A filter pitcher improves the taste, but does it really remove contaminants? What a 2020 study shows.
A question about your water?
Our specialists give free advice, Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The first step is often a water test.
All our articles
- Does your water smell like rotten eggs? Here’s where it comes from and how to fix it
- Water testing
- The 3 types of water filtration available
- What substances can be found in your drinking water?
- Are water filter pitchers effective?
- The effects of hard water on skin and hair
- Did you know that hard water can affect the lifespan of your appliances?