Drinking enough water is one of the most important things that can be done for one’s health. With the right quantity and quality of water, you can stay well hydrated to ensure that bodily functions run smoothly.

Our newest team member Samantha explores the hidden dangers in skincare and makeup. As an aspiring esthetician, she sheds light on harmful chemicals in popular brands, their impact on health, and recommends safer choices.

Most people know virtually nothing about groundwater, and that’s a harsh reality for a hydrogeologist like myself to accept. But at the same time, I understand it completely. Groundwater is out of sight.

Debunking common misconceptions about plastics. Explore expert insights, uncover overlooked truths, and discover actionable solutions for a sustainable future with plastic. Dive in to separate fact from fiction.

I took one month this summer to keep track of how many plastic bottles we use in our RV vs. using our newly purchased Aquasana countertop filter system to filter water as needed while on the road.

Not until starting to work with KYH2O as a consultant did I start to realize how much my environmental and water backgrounds have had an impact on my artworks ... some of my pieces highlighted in this article were conceptualized and created prior to joining the KYH2O team and some afterwards.

The Path to Clean Water may also indirectly be a path to a cleaner planet. By going Bottleless instead of buying plastic water bottles, you can greatly reduce the amount of plastic ending up in landfills. 

Nitrate-nitrogen (or Nitrite-nitrogen) in groundwater or your drinking water may result from point sources such as sewage discharges and livestock facilities or non-point sources such as fertilized cropland, parks, golf courses, lawn and gardens

When most people hear about Methane as an environmental contaminant of concern, they think of air pollution and its connection to climate change. Methane is also commonly found in private groundwater wells in Pennsylvania's coal, oil, and natural gas producing counties.

Popular science said the polar ozone holes were a really bad thing in the 1990’s and early 2000’s - but what about now? Now we use ozone to disinfect water, but what makes it good here? Are there any risks to using Ozone to disinfect water?

UV Rays may be bad for your skin - but they are good for water quality? Can we see, smell, taste UV? Are there any interesting facts about what happens to UV when it passes through other atmosphere’s other than Earth’s?

There have been a lot of news articles, blog posts, and stories about “Forever Chemicals” and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), but few of these stories really gives you any idea of what to do next.

A new online tool called the Water Quality Index Calculator is available from KnowYourH2O that can be used globally to provide a ‘grade’ for surface water quality.

So, what is the role of the Water Professional during tragic events like the East Palestine train derailment? The main objective is to understand the what, how, why, and current conditions.

A woman visiting the nature center where I work posed the question. She’d been enjoying watching the black vultures that frequented her neighborhood and was concerned to find dozens of plastic bits littering the ground beneath their roosts.

Land sales are booming right now and there’s a migration trend of more Americans moving to rural communities, but most prospective landowners don’t realize they have to figure out how to get water to their property.

When skin irritation arises after contact with water, the first suspicion often falls on the water's quality. What if the problem isn't in the water, however, but in a rare reaction of the skin to water itself?