About Home Water Plain

This is a small independent website about hard water, water softeners and private well water. It's run from the UK by one person, Ajay Singh, and written for homeowners in the United States.

Who's behind it

I'm Ajay Singh. I build and run a handful of small information websites, and this is one of them. I'm not a plumber, a water treatment dealer, a chemist or a public health professional, and I don't live in the US. I'd rather say that up front than dress the site up as something it isn't.

What I can do is read the official and university sources carefully, pull out the parts that matter to someone standing in their basement looking at a water test report, and write them up without the sales pitch. Every page links to the sources it's based on, with the date each one was published or checked, so you can read them yourself.

How the pages are put together

• Facts come from sources I've opened. Mostly the EPA, USGS, CDC, state health departments and university extension services. Product details come from the manufacturer's own published specifications. If I can't find a source for something, it's left out.
• No product testing. I haven't installed or tested the softeners and filters on this site, and I won't pretend otherwise. The comparison pages compare what each maker publishes: capacity, flow rate, warranty, certifications. There are no star ratings or scores here, because I'd have no honest basis for them.
• No made-up people. There are no invented experts, reviewers or testimonials on this site.
• Well water and health. I never tell anyone their water is safe to drink. Only a test can tell you that. For private wells, the pages point you to a state-certified lab or your state or local health department.
• Calculators show their working. The softener size and running cost calculators explain the method and the figures behind them, so you can check the sums.

How the site makes money

Right now it doesn't. In future, product names on comparison pages will link to retailers such as Amazon, and the site may earn a small commission if you buy through those links. Later on it may join programs run by water treatment brands, if they accept it. Neither changes what the pages say, and the affiliate disclosure explains how it works. Pages that mention products say so in a line near the top.

Spotted a mistake?

Please tell me. Email [email protected] with the page and what's wrong, and a link to your source if you have one. Corrections get made and the page's "updated" date changes when they do. More on the contact page.