When my boyfriend was looking at home to buy I hear a lot about radon, but it never occurred to me that there could be radon in water. In case you’re not familiar with it, radon is a colorless, odorless radioactive gas. If your home tests positive for radon gas, don’t worry you did nothing wrong. Radon is a naturally occurring gas from the breakdown of radioactive uranium in the ground. You get radon in water is when the water flows over radium rich bedrock and accumulates over time.
Now you might be wondering why you might have to even care about radon. Well it is kind of scary to think about but radon is a naturally occurring gas that can lead to lung cancer. Even though in water it is less of a health hazard as opposed to radon in the air, it should be treated. Luckily for us there are radon professionals like the ones at Affordable Water Treatment that know what to do. When you work with Affordable Water Treatment they can handle your water and air radon testing. As well as walk you through your test results and offer solutions if needed.
I don’t know about you but I was curious how exactly you can extract radon from water. Again the experts at Affordable Water Treatment didn’t let me down. Right on their website is some great educational information. From a few minutes of ready I learned that radon is removed from water using aeration systems. These systems typically work one of three ways. One way is with air pumps, another is through the well line venturi-mirconizer or bubbling water in an atmospheric chamber. Affordable Water Treatment offers water systems of all three types. When you schedlue your consultation they’ll be able to go over all three systems with you. And present some reasons why one might be better than the other for your home. Don’t wait another year, get your home tested for radon today!