The Boncor Blog

When is the last time you were concerned about drinking water that contained a parasite such as cryptosporidium? Probably not in a long time, if ever. Well, residents in Portland, Oregon are finding themselves in this situation for the second time in just a couple of months. This news, according to an online article from [...]

Every year we hear more and more about global warming and the effects it is having on our weather, drought conditions, and snow pack buildup in the mountain areas. This year many areas are seeing the La Nina weather pattern which is leaving much less snow behind and making experts concerned about the amount of [...]

Escondido residents, did you know that you soon might have to stretch your budget a little farther? Just last week, the San Diego SignOn reported that the Escondido City Council is considering a 12% water rate increase in December. This increase is planned to cover capital improvement projects including replacing aging pipes and building a [...]

A new online article reminds us all of the health benefits of consuming water. Everyone who drinks water can tell you they just “feel better,” but what many people don’t know if how or why they feel and look better just from drinking plenty of water each day. Water is crucial for any living thing, [...]

Recently it came to the attention of residents in a small community in Texas that their water supply was tainted with arsenic. And not just mildly tainted, it had levels of arsenic that exceed the levels set by the Environmental Protection Agency. Residents in Cyndie Park, Texas were unaware of the high levels of arsenic, [...]

E. coli is a word that we often associate with stomach problems – pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea – and for the most part a mild case is exhibited by symptoms that hit rapidly and depart within a short period of time. What Canadian researchers have recently found, however, is that there could be long [...]

Surely you’ve seen all the articles in the news lately about the quality of water that is sold in individually portioned plastic bottles at a ridiculous price? Just this week, I saw yet another, titled “Best and Worst Bottled Water Brands.” You know what they were basing their determination of “best” and “worst” on? Very [...]

Boncor Drinking Water can be used with a water cooler or a faucet at your kitchen sink. We have the latest drinking water technology with our Boncor Century 22 Drinking Water System with LINX® Technology and we also offer Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water. Here’s an article out of Prevention Magazine you might find interesting. Sassy [...]

It seems simple enough – go to the kitchen faucet and get a glass of water to drink. Clean. Clear. Pure. Or is it? Likely, you are one of 41 million Americans drinking tap water contaminated with unwanted and un-prescribed medications. Living in the United States with advanced sanitation and municipal water systems, we expect [...]

Sounds like a silly question, right? But, consider this:  if you do not have a home water filtration system, your body is forced to become your water filter. It is common knowledge that sometimes things go wrong with our tap water. Sometimes municipally treated water becomes unsafe because of human error, a machine gone haywire, [...]