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“Rainwater harvesting” is simply the collecting and using rainwater as a way to conserve resources. Some people use rainwater for watering plants, cleaning, bathing, and even drinking. Like any water treatment process, it is vitally important that a rainwater harvesting system be properly engineered and that it be maintained efficiently so as to not compromise water quality. Should you want...

Let me preface what I am about to say with this: I am not an expert in cannabis, nor do I try to be. However, I am an expert in water treatment and cannabis does require water to grow. In fact, there is no cannabis without H2O. This happens to be my 50th year in water treatment. I have always been involved in agricultural water treatment since my very first year in the business, but in the last five to six years, water treatment for agriculture has declined compared to water treatment for Cannabis or Marijuana and Hemp.

In May of 2022, Todd Francis, the President of First Serve Cleaning & Restoration of Indianapolis, Indiana, contacted Mark Timmons, the President of US Water Systems. Todd had just invested a considerable sum of money into the purchase of a High-Tech Oriental Rug Cleaning Machine, and he wanted to take the cleaning of Oriental Rugs to a new level...

You Still Can’t Soften Water Without Salt

NOTE: This is an UPDATE to the Blog The Hard Truth About Salt-Free Water Softeners written on February 8, 2015.

For over a decade, marketing companies have been selling customers on the idea of salt-free water softeners. This is unfortunate because of the fact that salt-free water softeners don’t really exist. You heard that right.  There is no such thing.

Before I start this blog, I want to make sure that the reader understands the Point-of-View from which it is being written. What it is not: This is not a scholarly white paper for the seasoned water treatment professional. God knows there are plenty of those out there. This blog is not for that purpose.  What it is: This is an educational piece designed to provide the end-user of Deionized Water (also called “DI water”) with an overall understanding of what deionized water is and how to best decide what is the best method to provide it for their particular application.

There is an old saying that “nothing lasts forever.” However, I am going to suggest that whoever wrote that knew nothing about PFAS. PFAS are now called the “forever chemicals” because they are super resistant to chemical, biological, and thermal degradation. The actual name of these man-made compounds are Perfluorooctanic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). 

Americans have always had a love for water.  In fact, tv shows and movies from the 1950’s through the latest episodes of today’s hit shows and blockbuster movies all have scenes in, on, around, underneath, or consuming water.  It is hard to unsee once you look for it.  Social norms include buying bottled water by the case, filling up containers for the road, the gym, the jog or the walk through the neighborhood.  Even our pets are getting the best when it comes to water.  Let’s be honest, water is one of the true backbones of our society....

Do you know that you are seven or eight time more likely to have flooding in your house than to have a burglary?

Sanitizing your Reverse Osmosis system is very crucial for preventing contamination from a wide range of bacteria and diseases. There was a study that was done showing that drinking from an unsanitized..

A study of how water treatment infrastructure compensates for growth in housing and industry.

The Grundfos Scala Pump Series is the latest version of the “all in one” pump family. The Scala pump takes the technology a step further and allows for more versatility with performance and control.

The reverse osmosis membrane is the true heart of the entire RO system. It is what takes poor quality water and turns it into the good water that we drink.