Suffolk County has a Water Quality Issue. Are You Protected?
Did you watch News 12 today? The big story all over is that Suffolk County, Long Island has a serious water quality issue — and the news isn’t getting better, it’s getting worse. Homeowners in Smithtown need to act now to protect themselves against contaminants leaching into the aquifers that supply their neighborhoods. According to the experts interviewed by News 12’s Pat Dolan, pesticide runoff as well as traces of pharmaceutical drugs have been discovered in people’s tap, and homeowners are starting to notice that their water has a chemical or chlorine smell and feels “sticky” to the touch. These are serious safety concerns, and something is going to have to be done.
To combat this problem, the residents of Suffolk County need to make a community effort to bring all of their toxic, chemical, even electronic waste to the stop points established by county police officers. However, even if everyone does their part in this regard, the chemicals are already there. Smithtown needs to take extra action against this threat for their health. Here at Outstanding Plumbing, your health and the health of your family is our top priority, which is why we recommend that you have a double water filtration system installed in your home as soon as possible.
Why You Need a Double Filtration System in Your Smithtown Home
So what’s really happening to the water we drink? To summarize, there are a two main problems:
- Residential Ground Pollution– Since Long Island gets its water from the ground, chemical pollution that enters storm drains or is otherwise absorbed into the earth is a serious problem. Fertilizer that gets washed away or cleaning supplies that get poured down the drains are winding up in the water we drink. We live on top of our storm supply (as the environmentalists on News 12 put it), and everything we do put in comes back!
- Excessive Chlorine Control– The municipal regulations on bacteria in the water supply are strict about eliminating organic contaminants — but they do so by adding chlorine into the water supply, which in high enough doses can be unhealthy. Now Long Island has too much chlorine in its tap water, since regulations allow for a much higher degree of chorine than bacteria.
Between these problems combined, Suffolk County has a news-worthy filtration issue on its hands. Drinking bottled water is not the solution: it’s over-expensive, environmentally unsustainable, and not even much healthier. The real answer is to have your water filtered with a whole house system installed in two locations: one at your main, and one at your kitchen sink. What this accomplishes is that:
- You reduce the toll taken on your plumbing system by hard water and sediment build up. The main filter will ensure that your water lines aren’t under extra pressure and that your showers are really getting you clean.
- The second filter will ensure that the tap water you cook with, clean with, and drink from is safe and pure.
Here’s where there’s good news: because we are so concerned with the water quality problem in Smithtown, we are offering sales on water filtration starting now. For $653, we are offering whole-home filtration installed at your main line. That’s just $1.80 a day for a year to protect your family and ensure cleanly filtered water entering your homes pipes. For less than $1000, we’ll do the double filter installation: that’s one at your main and one at your sink.
Have you noticed your water tasting funny? Leaving a greasy impression on your skin? Smelling like chemicals, or even putting strain on your appliances? Call the Outstanding Plumber today to have us come in and solve your water quality problem today. We’ll be continuing to update on this problem along with News 12, so stay tuned!