March 2004 Volume 46 Number 3
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	Water Conditioners: Maximizing Water Softener Efficiencies by Mike Keller Softener efficiencies have received a large amount of press over the past several years, especially in California...  read more   Learn to Do It Right the First Time: Guidelines for Designing Water Softeners by Robert Slovak The following is an introductory article offering practical advice on sizing and setting up water softeners for residential, commercial and non-critical industrial applications...  read more   Water Softener Certification Understanding ‘Conformance by Calculation’ by Tom Palkon, CWS-VI Water softeners are one of the most complicated drinking water treatment units to test and certify...  read more
Features
	Soap 101: What You Need to Know About the Sales Tool by Dan Shideler Soft-water soaps have a long, honorable history in the water conditioning industry...  read more   Behavior of Silica Technologies Available and How They Rate by Peter Meyers Silica, the second most abundant element, is found in all natural water supplies. Silica chemistry is quite complex, second only to the chemistry of carbon compounds...  read more   Looking for an Arsenic Antidote: POU RO Finds a Warm Reception in the Desert by Shannon Murphy For many small water systems, finding a cost efficient method to meet the approaching deadline for the new arsenic standard has more questions than answers...  read more   Back to the Beginning: Water Recycling Proves Its Worth at Plating Operation by C.F. “Chubb” Michaud As industry advances in once remote regions of the world, many of the potential expansions are still sitting on the drawing board because of the shortage of industry’s life blood—water...  read more   When the Well Runneth Over: A Complete Program for Well Water Treatment by Mike Hamberger Growing a water treatment business involves everything from marketing the company to the types of water quality issues that can be addressed effectively...  read more   Choosing a Quality Laboratory: A Certifiable Necessity for Your Business by Tami D’Amico You’re out on a call. The field tests performed by you aren’t yielding results conclusive with the physical symptoms noted with the water system...  read more   Septic Tank Discharge: Dialogue May Open Door to Solution by Jeffrey Crider Two years ago, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)—formerly the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC)—put a rule on the books that prohibited property owners from discharging effluent from water softeners or reverse osmosis (RO) units into their septic systems...   read more
Web Exclusive
	Pentair`s Jorge Fernandez Comments on WICOR Acquisition by Carlos David Mogoll?n, WC&P Executive Editor read more   John Packard on Prospects for a New Culligan Owner by Carlos David Mogollón, WC&P Executive Editor read more   Rich Clack Talks Back on Consolidation & Tanks by Carlos David Mogollón, WC&P Executive Editor read more
Columns
	Viewpoint: M&As & Culligan -- Waiting for the Next Big Deal! read more   A ``Kamaaina`` Stays and Thrives on the Island -- Aloha Water Co. Inc., of Waipahu, Hawaii read more   Drinking Water Dollars: The Hazards of Trading Stocks—Renting vs. Owning read more   Pipelines: On the Road Again -- EWQA Announces Convention Dates read more   G.A. Murdock`s Appelwick Makes the Grade read more   The Art and Science of Contaminant Reduction Test Methods read more   Cyanobacteria -- Natural Organisms with Toxic Effects read more   Website of the Month: Clicking the Mouse on Advertising Ideas -- Sites to Help Promote Dealers’ Businesses read more