. or you can continue to pump expensive chemicals into it. guess it really depends on how much water costs you. either way you will need something to kill the slime that inevitably will grow otherwise. > There is no evidence whatsoever that "magnetic treatments" for water work at > all. Snake oil of the highest water. I think you called that one right. At least for any serious treatment. The evidence of whether it is useful for home water systems is dubious at best, but there does seem to be some indication it might be at least partially effective. In other words, don't bet the farm on it. > Water treatment chemistry is tricky and you need somebody who really knows > what they are doing. There are lots of competent water treatment > professionals out there, from firms as large as US Filter/Culligan and Nalco > and Betz-Dearborn and Diversey to smaller regional firms and even one-person > local concerns. If you want a good recommendation for a water treatment > firm, call the local distributor for one of the large chemical metering pump > lines, such as Liquid Metronics/Milton Roy for example, and ask them. No doubt the sellers of equipment will be glad to sell you equipment and the sellers of chemicals will happily sell you chemicals and give you the pumping equipment for free. The tricky part comes from trying to avoid replacing the water that is now full of expensive chemcials. usually you will find that the "solution" involves even more expensive chemicals. > Walt Boyes > (who used to do that stuff too...) Bob Peterson (who still does that stuff, but stays away from cooling towers cause they smell bad and who is NOT an expert in cooling tower water treatment)
by Bob Odhiambo
by Seth Price
