Understand your water before buying anything
Water treatment is an industry that sells a lot and explains little. Here are answers to the questions we hear most — with figures, with sources, including when the honest answer does not serve our interest.
Water softener or reverse osmosis: which one do you need?
They solve different problems. A softener protects your plumbing from scale; reverse osmosis purifies the water you drink. An honest comparison for Quebec homes.
Read the guideDoes reverse osmosis waste water?
Yes, a reverse osmosis system sends water to the drain. Here is the real ratio, what it means per day for a household, and how to reduce it.
Read the guideWell water: what to know before you filter
Recommended testing frequencies, common contaminants, the manganese standard in force since 2024, and why reverse osmosis alone is not enough against bacteria.
Read the guidePFAS in drinking water: where Quebec stands
Health Canada set a 30 ng/L objective for the sum of 25 PFAS in August 2024. What that means, and what reverse osmosis actually removes.
Read the guideHard water and scale: is your area affected?
What water hardness is, how to read it in mg/L, the values published by cities in our service area, and what reverse osmosis can and cannot do about it.
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