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An AI Agent Is Now a Normal Visitor. Here's What I Changed on My Sites.
2026-09-18Google-Agent ignores robots.txt, so the server log is the only place you'll see it. I pulled 14 days of logs from both my sites, found 30,000 AI crawler hits and zero Google-Agent, and changed five things anyway.

Every Water Regulation Ends at Your Property Line
2026-09-07The Safe Drinking Water Act covers more than 90 contaminants — right up until the water crosses onto your building's property. After that, nobody's testing anything.

1.7 Billion People Have a Water Problem That Isn't Chemistry
2026-09-06Most of the world worries about pathogens in water. We worry about parts per trillion. Both are real problems — but knowing which one you have changes what you should do about it.

The WHO Says Microplastics Aren't a Health Risk. I Sell Water Systems Anyway.
2026-09-05The biggest fear-based talking point in my industry doesn't hold up — and the honest case for better office water is stronger without it.

Your Breakroom Is Sized for a Building That Doesn't Exist Anymore
2026-09-04Most office water setups were built for a headcount that stopped showing up years ago — and nobody went back and fixed the math.

Your Water Passes on Average. September Is the Part That Averages Out.
2026-09-04Drinking water compliance is built on annual averages and 95th percentiles — which is good policy and still tells you almost nothing about what came out of the tap in your breakroom last Tuesday.

Bottled Water Is Food. Tap Water Is Infrastructure.
2026-09-03The water in your office cooler jug and the water in your building's pipes are regulated by two different federal agencies under two different rulebooks — a distinction that rarely comes up when the water order gets placed.

Your Office Has Two Water Problems. They're the Same Problem.
2026-09-03Contamination and dehydration get treated as separate issues. In practice, the first one shapes the second.

One State Has a Legal Definition of Microplastics. The Other 49 Don't.
2026-09-02California wrote one of the first regulatory definitions of microplastics in drinking water. Everywhere else, the word doesn't legally mean anything yet — and that's the whole problem.

UCMR 5 Sampling Is Finished. Go Look Up Your Building.
2026-09-02One of the largest PFAS datasets ever collected in the U.S. finished sampling. Most people responsible for a building still haven't looked up their own numbers.

Nobody Actually Agrees on How Much Water You Need
2026-09-01The U.S. and the EU publish different hydration targets, and the gap between them is wider than most people would guess.

The EU Regulates 20 PFAS Compounds. We May Be Down to Two.
2026-09-01EPA is proposing to pull back standards for four PFAS chemicals while Europe's broader rules phase in — and your office breakroom sits on the wrong side of that split.
Earlier posts
August 2026
April 2026
- Your Corporate Sustainability Report Is Missing Plastic Bottles2026-04-28
- 4 Parts Per Trillion: The New Water Standard Most Offices Don't Know About2026-04-27
- Workplace Wellness ROI: The One Investment Your CFO Actually Wants2026-04-27
- PFAS Found in Much of America's Tap Water. Your Office May Be Affected.2026-04-26
- I Built a GTA-Style Video Game About My Sales Job2026-04-25
- It Takes More Water to Make Bottled Water Than You Think2026-04-25
- PFAS in Drinking Water: What the New EPA Rules Mean for Your Office2026-04-22
- Your Office Pays Hundreds of Times More for Water Than Madison Charges for It2026-04-22
- Americans Drink 16.4 Billion Gallons of Bottled Water. Look at the Energy Math.2026-04-21
- The Bottleless Water Market Is About to Hit $3 Billion2026-04-21
- Bottled Water Has More Microplastics Than Tap Water. The Math Is Wild.2026-04-20
- Your Office Wellness Program Is Backwards2026-04-20
- Most Bottled Water Contains Microplastics. Your Office Is Drinking It Daily.2026-04-19
- Your Team's Brain Fog Might Just Be Thirst2026-04-18
- Your Office Water Changes Every Spring. In Madison, It Isn't the Reason You Think.2026-04-17
- Dehydration Is Quietly Sabotaging Your Team's Performance2026-04-16
- Low Recycling Rates: The Real Math Behind Office Water Waste2026-04-15
- Three Years to Fix 100 Million People's Water Problem2026-04-14
- The Math on Office Plastic Waste Is Worse Than You Think2026-04-13
- Your Office Burns 2,000X More Energy Than It Needs To2026-04-12
- EPA Just Lowered Lead Limits. Your Office Water System Wasn't Built for This.2026-04-11
- Microplastics Are Next. Your Office Water System Won't Be Ready.2026-04-10
- Why Your Office Water Tastes Different Every Season (in Madison, It's Not the Reason You Read About)2026-04-09
- Your Brain Needs Water. Your Office Isn't Delivering It.2026-04-08
- 16.4 Billion Gallons Later: Why Your Office Is Part of America's Plastic Problem2026-04-07
- Your Team Is Less Productive Because of This2026-04-06
- The EPA Regulates 148,000 Water Systems. Your Office Isn't One of Them.2026-04-05
- Two Years Since PFAS Rules: Your Office Still Isn't Compliant2026-04-05
- Most Americans Have PFAS in Their Blood. Your Office Water Might Be Why.2026-04-04
- Big Soda's Recycling Promises Don't Fix Your Office Water Problem2026-04-04
- I Can't Give You Sources Because I Don't Have Any2026-04-04
- PFAS Rules Are Finally Here. Your Office Water System Isn't Ready.2026-04-04
- Apple Published a 28-Page Water Strategy. Here's What the Water Guy Thinks.2026-04-02
- I Wrote 28,000 Lines of Code Without Being a Programmer2026-04-02
- Why I Build My Own Tools2026-04-01