Posts in 2018

May 22 Might We Be Using Too Little Water?

That headline probably sounds weird to most of you. It does to me. Here in drought-plagued Southern California, water conservation ...

May 16 Water Quality Is Hard To Maintain

Think of how our ancestors in the not-too-distant past obtained their drinking water. They carried it in buckets from nearby ...

Apr 25 Are You Ready For The Big One?

Here in Southern California we all deal with a third certainty in life besides death and taxes. That’s the knowledge that ...

Apr 19 How to Tell if Your Water Heater is Leaking

Is your basement suddenly turning into a water park? If so, the chances are that your water heater is leaking. Don’t be alarmed, ...

Apr 10 Plumbing Laws Protect You - If you Let Them

One of the most frustrating things about the plumbing business is having to compete not only against hundreds of other plumbing ...

Mar 30 A Day Of Reckoning Approaches

This story from the New York Times last November really got me thinking. Their coverage relates how cast iron and plastic pipe ...