The year is 2009, not 1959! Don't put chemicals into your clients' water!!

Clean Water Man, Inc. 203-417-9601. Serving Connecticut.

I can't believe what my competitors are attempting to sell to clients. One of my new installations this week was for a customer who had several salespeople visit. Two salespeople proposed chemical injection systems that utilized highly caustic and dangerous chemicals. These chemicals were supposed to raise the pH of acidic water. While these systems will raise the pH of acidic water, they are almost always designed and installed improperly.

What should be used is a calcite neutralizer that uses natural crushed marble. The reasons many water treatment companies have given up on natural calcite neutralizers are:

• The company gets to sell expensive chemicals to the customer several times a year
• The company gets called for many lucrative service calls due to the finicky nature of chemical injection
• The company has had bad luck with natural methods since they have not learned about them
• The company uses cheap, low grade calcite and filters, and thinks substandard materials are representative of the natural technology, so they give up and move to chemical injection

I have seen the results of chemical injection gone awry, the worst being horrible skin burns caused by a major malfunction. It is heartbreaking to see a pretty woman get chemical burns all over her face and body from bathing after a poorly designed and maintained chemical system malfunctioned. I beg my fellow water treatment salespeople to give up on chemical injection and embrace natural and safe methods.

If you have one of these systems in your home, consider changing it out as soon as possible.

See my website at www.cleanwaterman.com

In Connecticut? Call Ted Mullen, The Clean Water Man, at 203-417-9601.