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Healthy Ways To Handle Water Around The House

Posted: 12/8/2011

Whether you’re cleaning the aquarium or doing many other water chores, a new device can have you feeling pumped.

(NAPSI)—Water is a wonderful thing-except when you need to move it or it’s where you don’t want it. Then it can be heavy, messy, and even hazardous to your health.

For example, an 18-inch fish tank holds seven gallons of water—which weigh more than 58 pounds. That’s going to be tough to lift when it’s time to clean the tank. Consider these facts and figures: According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), over half of all back injuries result from improper lifting, and back injuries are cited as the most common reason for absenteeism in the general workforce, after the common cold. Some 80 percent of adults will experience a back injury in their lifetime and about 10 percent will suffer a reinjury. While no way has been found to totally eliminate back injuries caused by lifting, many of them can be prevented.

For example, rather than lifting and moving that fish tank you can empty it quickly and easily with the help of a cordless water pump. You can even get one that runs on a safe, low-voltage battery, is fully submersible and can be used on fresh or salt water, like AquaCharge™. With a rechargeable battery and charging station, an eight-foot hose (or any standard garden hose if you need more length), and a 200-gallon-per-charge pump capacity, this light, compact pump handles both maintenance of household water pumping tasks and emergency needs easily with the simple turn of a knob.

Given the portability and compact nature of the AquaCharge pump, anyone with a large aquarium, hot tub, outdoor water feature or a child’s pool to empty will find it a big convenience compared to the usual “bucket brigade” technique. It can also come in handy if the plumbing overflows in your kitchen, bathroom, basement or laundry room and you have to undertake the back-breaking task of getting that water up off of the slippery floor. Even watersport enthusiasts and fishermen have to occasionally “swab the deck” and find it effective in removing water from their kayaks, dinghies, canoes and sailboats.

Taking care of water-moving chores doesn’t have to hurt your back when you’ve got a tool that helps you perform those tasks more productively and safely, and takes handling water around the house from hazardous to healthy.

Learn More

AquaCharge is available online and through select retailers. Visit www.aquachargepump.com for more information.

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