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A perfect storm of events left Texas residents grasping for the most basic needs — power and running water. 

“Water quality has grown 300% across the U.S. since the pandemic began,” says Glen Blavet, founder and CEO of HALO Water Systems. “People are at home, and they’re looking to improve their quality of life and their health, so they’re looking at the water they’re drinking out of the tap.”

In today’s world, online reviews matter. I recently decided to switch dentists and find one closer to our new home. 

In the United States, we are very goal oriented. We have annual goals. 

The service trades shortage is dire.

According to a 2020 report, 71% of contractors say there is a lack of skilled tradespeople.

We are officially in the tailwinds of one of the most challenging years of the past two decades. 

No longer an optional form of advertising, digital marketing has become the norm. 

IAPMO has collaborated with the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to produce an installation standard for solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage systems (ESS) in residential applications. 

Far too many plumbing contractors’ business strategy is to simply wing it.

As Texas settled into a deadly-serious Polar Vortex, you could predict the pattern emerging based on your own past experiences with bitter-cold sustained weather conditions: No-heat calls inundating your emergency calls; heating systems not able to keep up with demand; heating systems stressed to the breaking-point; followed by frozen water lines, water services and water mains; and then biblical flooding and damage once thawing temperatures arrived.