2012 Mahoning Valley Water Inc. The Taste of Water In the late 1800s through the early 1900s mineral water spas such as Saratoga Springs, New York and Colorado Springs, Colorado were popular health resorts for the affluent of the United States. Part of the attraction for taking the waters was the t...

2012 Mahoning Valley Water Inc. Water Conservation Part I Let's face it. Most of us take water for granted. We always assume we'll have enough. Wrong! Remember the drought we went through a few years ago? We've had so much rain this year, it seems like we'll never run out of water. Wrong again! Wha...

2012 Mahoning Valley Water Inc. Water Softeners Pose No Problems For Septic Tanks An estimated 20 million on-site household sewage disposal systems are in place in the United States. Many of these systems have operating problems from time to time. It is natural that homeowners, local contractors, i...

2012 Mahoning Valley Water Inc. Warmer Temperatures and Chlorine History of Chlorination Chlorine was first used to purify water supplies in the early 1900s and immediately proved its ability to combat waterborne bacteria, viruses, and protozoa. Chlorination has virtually eliminated the occurrence ...

2012 Mahoning Valley Water Inc. Soft Water and Hypertension Is there a relationship between drinking softened water and hypertension and is the sodium in soft water harmful to people whose doctors have put them on salt restricted diets? First of all, it depends on how strict. Most people on salt re...