In the vibrant Tampa region, ensuring access to clean and safe drinking water is paramount for maintaining optimal health and vitality. With over 60% of our bodies composed of water, it's no surprise that staying hydrated is essential for our well-being. Experts, including most doctors, advocate for the 8×8 rule, recommending the consumption of eight 8-ounce glasses of clean water daily. The benefits of adhering to this practice are substantial and backed by scientific evidence.
Here are seven scientifically supported advantages of consuming ample clean water:
Enhanced Physical Perform...
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The Plumbing Services Provided by Cass Plumbing
Cass Plumbing is a family-owned and operated plumbing company based in Tampa, Florida, offering top-notch plumbing repair services to homes and businesses in the Tampa, Clearwater, St. Petersburg, and Greater Tampa Bay region. With over 20 years of experience, they specialize in sewer line repair, sewer line replacement, and sewer line cleaning. Cass Plumbing has garnered more than a thousand 5-star reviews on Google and Home Advisors, received an A+ rating from the Tampa Better Business Bureau, and has been recommended as the #1 plumber in the entire Greater Tampa Bay region by ...
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Is Your Tampa Water Discolored?
A Repipe Might be the Solution
At Cass Plumbing several of our customers have at one time or the other complained of the sudden appearance of brown water coming out of their taps. If this has ever happened to you, it is important to understand that there are a few possible causes for this type of water discoloration. In most cases, the water may be completely safe to drink, while in other cases it may be contaminated and pose a serious health risk.
In this plumbing blog post, we explain what causes brown water to appear in your home, what you can do about it and how to solve the problem so...
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6 Tips on How to Make Your Home More Eco-Friendly
Tampa homeowners are always on the lookout for ways to save energy, especially if it helps make their home more environmentally friendly. One of the ways we can accomplish both goals is by optimizing our water efficiency.
Why Is Water Efficiency Important?
Clean, fresh water is scarce. According to the United Nations, 3.2 billion people already live in high water scarcity. On top of that, only 2% of the water on Earth is accessible fresh water we can use in our everyday activities, making it increasingly important we’re mindful of how we use water and seek ways to reduce how much we use...
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Happy New Year’s Tampa! Here Are 10 Plumbing New Year’s Resolutions You Might Want to Consider
New year’s resolutions are an opportunity to develop new habits, new ideas, new whatever-you-want. For us, the biggest thing to focus on each year is how we can better help and serve the communities we live in by providing the best response times, the latest technology, and so on. Part of our goal at Cass Plumbing is to be a better plumbing service provider, this includes working to provide better direction and advice to help the people in our community take care of their own plumbing.
On that note, we’ve put together this list of ten plumbing new year’s resolutions to help you to best take...
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Federal Government’s infrastructure plan puts water upgrades on tap in Tampa
Upgrades to Tampa Plumbing are Coming
The race to eliminate the scourge of lead contamination of drinking water and the overflows of sewage and sludge in Tampa and cities across the country will get a serious boost under the new proposed infrastructure plan.
The infrastructure bill (in it's current form) has 45 billion dollars for grants to help water utilities replace lead water lines. This level of funding, experts claim, would pay for the replacement of all lead water lines nationwide. Another 56 billion dollars is proposed for water and sewer projects, and 10 billion dollars is propose...
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The Impact of Plumbing and Why it Matters
The Impact of Plumbing on Health and the Environment
Modern-day marvels like cellphones and driverless cars are incredible, however, it’s an invention from 1700 BC that’s made the biggest impact on our modern-day living.
We’ve come a long way from that first flush toilet in the Roman Empire province of Crete, to the Roman aqueducts that carried 1.2 billion liters of water every day, to our current day low flow toilets and energy efficient Energy Star-rated plumbing appliances.
We may take for granted our ability to have flushing toilets and hot showers inside our home, however t...
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Notice Your Tampa Tap Water Tasting Different? You Should.
This spring, the Tampa Water Department temporarily changed the water disinfection process for city customers.
From mid March of this year to after the first week of April, the department switched from using chloramine to disinfect the water to chlorine. Then, after April 6th back again to chloramine.
For the residence of the Tampa region this temporary change is a standard water system maintenance measure to optimize water quality and offers a sustainable alternative to losing millions of gallons of drinking water to system flushing.
One thing is for certain, custom...
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Tampa Bay’s Water Quality Continues to Worsen
A recent report shows the quality of water for a portion of Tampa Bay has continued to worsen for the sixth straight year.
Old Tampa Bay, the northern body of water that sits between Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, has continued to see an uptick in harmful nutrients that have contributed to yearly algae blooms, according to the Tampa Estuary Program's recent report.
The program's assistant director, Maya Burke, says the source of the problem can be traced back to the various bridges and causeways that sprawl across the bay. The Gandy, Bayside, and Howard Frank...
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WHOLE HOUSE WATER FILTRATION SYSTEMS: TOP 10 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Last month the City of Tampa and much of Hillsborough County communities was under a boil water notice because a contractor hit a water main break. Water was gushing everywhere and many businesses throughout the area were forced to close down. Even worse, residents throughout the region were unable to drink or cook with the water from their tap. Unfortunately, this is not all that uncommon.
When the professionals at Cass Plumbing install a whole house water filtration systems, they are installed on a home’s main water supply. These are basically used to process all water which enters the ho...
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