water — Environment

~terry Mon, Oct 20, 1997 (21:55) seed

What is the future of water? What is happening our bioregion and others?

~terry Mon, Oct 20, 1997 (21:56) #1

Harvard Divinity School's Seminar on Environmental Values is concentrating on water this year. First lecture is Tuesday, October 28 on the science and theology of water. Website is at http://divweb.harvard.edu/csvpl/ee/hsev

~stacey Tue, Oct 21, 1997 (10:48) #2

Tap water is scary. That's why I started selling water filters.

~terry Wed, Oct 22, 1997 (00:58) #3

Interesting, my friend Victoria just started selling tap water filters too, her outfit is called Equinox and she's *very* gung ho about it. She really believes they have a good solution and she's even doing some whole house filters. We did a little web search one day and found there a lot of people out there doing this on different levels. How did you come up with the brand you're selling and what brand is it? Did you do much research on this?

~stacey Wed, Oct 22, 1997 (12:39) #4

Equinox just had a huge split up. In 1996 they were named the fastest growing company in the US (privately held) but their profits have dropped off drastically in the past 2 years. The company also just lost 26 of its top money earners! They are in trouble, so to speak. Their water filter still does not have an NSF rating and they've been after one for 4 years.

~terry Wed, Oct 22, 1997 (18:44) #5

Hmm. I'll have to let Victoria know about this, if she doesn't already know.

~terry Wed, Oct 22, 1997 (19:05) #6

Where did you see this? Victoria would like to know. She says the people they lost are putting "hate stuff" on the Internet.

~stacey Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (09:34) #7

Austin is one of the few offices that remain. I'll get you more information later.

~terry Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (11:10) #8

I would be real interested in getting a reality check on water filters, there's way too much smoke around this now and I hope Victoria isn't being lead down the garden path. She's put way too much in to Equinox to have it be a bust. Can we separate fact from fiction? I wouldn't mind having a water filter on my home, but I'm very confused about who's got the best solution. Perhaps, Stacey, you can clear the air.

~stacey Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (13:10) #9

You want one that eliminates chlorine (biggest offender), and then if you've an older home or older pipes... lead. Right now the big hype is on bateria and there are a few water filters who take care of that. more later.

~terry Thu, Oct 23, 1997 (20:38) #10

More, more! Please.