If you live in San Diego County, especially anywhere near Imperial Beach, you’ve probably heard the same story for years: raw sewage from Tijuana keeps flowing north, beaches keep closing, and nobody seems able to fix it.

In the salsa and sauces industry, water does way more than just keep things flowing. It touches almost every step of production, from washing fresh tomatoes and peppers to cooking, cooling, and keeping equipment clean. If your water quality is off, it can mess with food safety, flavor consistency, production efficiency, and compliance.

Clean water isn’t something most of us want to think about, until it tastes weird, smells off, or starts damaging equipment. That’s where carbon vessels quietly step in and do the work behind the scenes.