The Woder Blog

You turned on your filtered tap and expected fresh, clean water. Instead, that sharp chemical bite hit your tongue again. If your water still tastes like chlorine after passing through a filter, the problem is almost certainly solvable. The key is understanding what your filter is actually designed to remove, what your water utility is […]

Scientists at the University of Bonn have designed a new washing machine filter. This filter mimics the way fish use their gill arches to trap food. This nature-inspired system prevents clogging and removes more than 99% of microplastic fibers from wastewater. This is according to tests published in npj Emerging Contaminants. Microplastics are a growing […]

Water softeners and filters are both recommended to improve water quality, but what’s the difference? Before installing one in your home, you’ll want to be sure it addresses your specific needs. Depending on your needs, you may need a filter, a softener, or both. Find out how softeners and filters differ, how they work, and […]

We can all agree that clean water should be perfectly healthy, but sadly, in the United States, that’s not always the case. Depending on which statistic you look at, up to half of the country could be drinking water with high levels of total dissolved solids or forever chemicals. It might not kill us, but […]

The word “osmosis” may well take you back to those biology lessons of your youth. Osmosis is essentially the diffusion of water molecules through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one. Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water purification process that uses a similar, but man-made membrane to remove dissolved […]

Fluoride is most commonly known as an ingredient in toothpaste, but it is also present in our drinking water. The compound is purposefully added to public water systems to improve oral health, but not without raising concerns. Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral with benefits and risks. If you’re concerned about the chemical levels coming […]

Fluoride is one of those odd things we’ve all heard about. Yet, if we’re honest, perhaps we don’t know much about it. For starters, is it good or bad? It seems to be in all the toothpaste, but we’ve seen a steady stream of negativity around fluoride over the last few years. We know it’s […]

Few things are as nauseating as taking a sip of water only to sense something unpleasant. Commonly described as smelling like sewage, a smelly tap could indicate unsafe drinking water or plumbing issues. It’s understandable to think the tap’s the culprit when the smell only appears after you turn on the faucet, but it could […]