Safe vs. Healthy
What makes these two different is the healthier water source is always better than just being safe. Never settle for less when you can have more.
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SafeWell grew out of the realization that most people don’t typically think much about the quality of their drinking water until it looks or smells bad, even though it has a huge impact on their family’s health.
Our analysts review the scientific research on the health impacts of contaminants in drinking water. We attend conferences that address contaminants of local concern, such as PFAS, and we seek out and install innovative solutions for removing contaminants and optimizing drinking water for health.
SafeWell is the first to offer a continuous active management program, “TotalCare,” based on the highest standards in the world for healthy water. Working with standards from the EPA and the Environmental Working Group (EWG) based out of Washington, D.C., we’ve developed an exclusive water quality rating system for continuously tracking the quality of your water.
We inform our customers about the health impacts of the contaminants in their water and empower them with custom solutions for removing contaminants and keeping their water healthy.
We monitor your water quality for life and we’re there for you with a fleet of water quality specialists 365 days/year.
Health doesn’t wait. Protect your drinking water today!
What makes these two different is the healthier water source is always better than just being safe. Never settle for less when you can have more.
We often assume that the water coming out of our faucets is healthy. Unfortunately, many of our drinking water sources – including public water, private water wells and bottled water – contain harmful contaminants.
The EPA’s Safe Drinking Water standards for “water with no known health risks” weigh the health impacts of contaminants vs. the cost for public water treatment plants to provide 100% contaminant-free water. Low levels of harmful contaminants, such as arsenic, lead and disinfection byproducts, are allowed to remain in our drinking water. However, exposure to even very low levels of contaminants can cause long-term health issues.
Even if public water utilities could produce healthy, contaminant-free water, that water would have to travel through an aging infrastructure which could reintroduce harmful contaminants
At SafeWell, our mission is to protect your family’s health and the health of your home. This allows us to focus on providing you the healthiest water possible to prevent harmful contaminants from impacting your health and quality of life. We also care about protecting the health of your home because water chemistry can negatively impact the infrastructure leading to expensive repair costs and the perception of lower home value if you ever want to sell your house in the future.
Our TotalCare Program provides the confidence and peace of mind that your water is always healthy and of the proper chemistry to prevent infrastructure risks. The water in your home shouldn’t just be safe, it should be healthy!
Water moves nutrients and oxygen to and from every cell in our body. Long-term exposure to contaminants can cause or worsen:
Introducing SafeWell’s one-of-a-kind Residential Water Score (RWS) – a summary of health risks to your family and home infrastructure impacts in one convenient snapshot.
The RWS simplifies the complex task of evaluating the overall water quality of a water system, to clearly convey the impact of your water’s quality on your family’s health, your home’s infrastructure and the perceived value of your home.
The overall Residential Water Score (A, B, C, D) represents the impact of your water quality on your family’s health and your home’s infrastructure.
The Water Quality gauge further illustrates our assessment of whether your water quality is Healthy, Safe with Risk or Unhealthy.
Family Health Risk (rated Low, Medium or High) is based on water quality parameters that represent potential health risks (for example, arsenic).
Impact on Your Home (rated Low, Medium or High) is based on concerns identified in our visual and physical inspection, as well as water quality parameters that represent potential infrastructure impacts (for example, hardness).
Impact on Perceived Home Value (rated Positive, Neutral or Negative) is based on a combination of the Family Health Risk and Impact on Your Home scores.
Introducing SafeWell’s one-of-a-kind Residential Water Score (RWS) – a summary of health risks to your family and home infrastructure impacts in one convenient snapshot.
The RWS simplifies the complex task of evaluating the overall water quality of a water system, to clearly convey the impact of your water’s quality on your family’s health, your home’s infrastructure and the perceived value of your home.
Just because water may be considered safe, it doesn’t mean it’s healthy. The USEPA’s Safe Drinking Water Act was designed to ensure that water is “safe” to drink. This means that any harmful contaminants in drinking water must be below legal limits, and these limits are based on scientific research (some outdated), available technology and cost. The reality is that water may be “safe” but it’s not necessarily healthy at levels even below legal limits, and in many cases the water can still be a risk to your health and your home. You and your family deserve only healthy water.
Our model defines water quality in this way:
Healthy means that we found no issues in your water that might adversely impact your family’s health, damage your home’s infrastructure, and/or lower the perceived value of your home. The water meets all health-related limits, goals and advisories for drinking water defined by EPA and does not pose any aesthetic or infrastructure risks
Safe with Risk means we found some issues in your water that may impact your family’s health, damage your home’s infrastructure, and/or lower the perceived value of your home. The water meets all health-related drinking water limits, but one or more infrastructure or aesthetic standards are exceeded and/or presents some health risk.
Unhealthy means we found serious problems in your water that may impact your family’s health, damage your home’s infrastructure, and/or lower the perceived value of your home. The water does not meet drinking water mandatory limits. Any one or more primary health-related limits, goals or advisories is exceeded.
Our model considers health-based standards beyond regulatory limits for many contaminants that are commonly found in drinking water. The presence of any of these contaminants in the water below the safe water standard, but above the health-based standard, will result in a RWS of Safe with Risk.
Dan Gaffney is the founder of Safewell. After creating several successful companies in the legal document automation, financial information, and face recognition industries, Dan was looking for an opportunity which would blend his passions for health, the environment, and a need to give back to the community.
Working with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and other federal and state agencies, he quickly identified a gap between public water systems and the private well space. It’s Dan’s vision to revolutionize the way well owners monitor the health of their drinking water.
Dan brought his Safewell blueprint into the CleanTech Open incubator in 2015 and three months later the company had a solid business model, a great team, and, most importantly, a customer base that loves the new approach to improving the overall quality of private drinking water.
Dan has the unique ability to cross many engineering disciplines. He has become a water quality expert in his knowledge of treatment systems, well construction, and well flow rates. He has developed specialized algorithms for rating water quality based on the EPA’s Drinking Water Standards, and his team has now created a concierge well testing service to simplify the process of buying a home with a well.
In addition to his leadership at SafeWell, Dan is the current president of the Bolton Conservation Trust, and one of the key executive members overseeing the new Town Common in Bolton.
Dan has a Master of Science in Administration from Boston University with concentration in Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.
Liz has a vast background in environmental consulting. Her strength lies in being able to put in place the necessary processes and procedures for the acquisition of key data sets for SafeWell as well as analyzing well water test results and the completion of reports for our customers.
She has prior experience as an Independent Environmental Management Consultant, and as a Senior Consultant with IA Consulting LLC, Arthur D. Little, LLC (Brussels, Belgium) and Arthur D. Little, Inc. (Cambridge, MA). She has a Master of Science in Environmental Management from Tufts University.
Tommy prides himself on doing the right thing even when no one is looking. His positive personality is infectious and rooted in his passion to increase the quality of life for everyone he meets.
Tommy is a certified Residential Radon Mitigation Provider. He cultivated his knowledge of radon while working at SWAT Environmental for 3+ years. While there, he installed radon in air, radon in water, and HRV (Heat Recovery Ventilation) systems.
Jan decided it was a good fit to align her water treatment business, formerly known as Abbey Water Treatment, with SafeWell to provide her customers the best experience and the healthiest water. Jan has been providing water treatment solutions to commercial and residential customers for the past 8+ years.
Common water quality problems that she specializes in correcting are:
Shannon became inspired to join SafeWell’s mission to improve drinking water quality as a result of her background as an environmental engineering consultant coupled with an experience of being concerned about a relative’s well water quality.
Shannon has many years of experience helping to prevent pollutants from reaching the air, soil, and water of our environment by providing Environmental, Health, and Safety compliance support services to industrial, commercial, municipal, and educational facilities. Through this work she acquired experience with a wide variety of federal, state, and local regulatory programs in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, and Louisiana.
Shannon has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics from The University of the South (Sewanee).
Paige joined SafeWell after graduating from Worcester State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science.
Ever since she was a little girl, she’s been passionate about the earth and making a difference. She joined our team to make an impact protecting public health with cleaner and healthier drinking water. Her education, enthusiasm, and love for humanity serve her well as our TotalCare Specialist.
She plays a vital role in keeping a watchful eye over our family of customers to ensure they have peace of mind that their water is not only safe–but healthy!
Jack has been a part of SafeWell team since its founding and serves in a critical role running the Florida Field Service operation
He is committed to making sure our customer’s treatment systems are working effectively and efficiently to ensure healthy water is flowing in their homes through routine maintenance and validation water testing.
Jack loves people and enjoys suiting up every day knowing he’s playing a vital role in protecting the health of families.
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