US Water Systems Blog - Ask The Water Doctor

In our years of experience, we have learned many things the hard way.  To borrow a saying: “We know a thing or two, because we have seen a thing or two.” We have built and installed thousands of whole house reverse osmosis systems, and over the years, we made a lot of mistakes… which we learned the hard way. We still see consumers making the same mistakes we did ten or twenty years ago, so we thought we would share our experience to save you from making mistakes that you may not know about.  In the long run, doing it the right way will save  

Bacteria and viruses exist in many places, which we are aware of some that we don't know about as readily.  We know that there can be bacteria in our drinking water.  Even if you have municipal water, sometimes you are informed that you should not drink it. 

I have been treating bad, nasty, stinking, staining, rotten-egg smelling, horrible well water for close to fifty years.  Some of my earliest memories of my late father (Stephen E. Timmons) were going to work with him at the water treatment company he worked for in Greenville, Ohio: “Miracle Water.”  As a side note, my father was the District Mana...

We have been getting this question a lot because stores are running out of hand-sanitizer and chlorine wipes in record numbers. Most people are concerned with protecting their families from the spread of COVID-19 and are looking for answers. Wash Your HandsLet me remind you that good old soap, water, and thruough handwashing goes a long way in protecting anyone, so don&rsq...

Many businesses rely upon high quality water for many of their processes and production.  When Reverse Osmosis systems go down or need to be replaced, people often say that they “needed it yesterday.” In other words, they can’t deal with long wait times for a system that is vital to their operation.  We have dealt with long lead times in the past and know how disappoint...

This system will use all NSF, WQA, and FDA Compliant American Made Components. These systems are manufactured in our Indianapolis, Indiana Plant with 100% American Made Components.

Have you ever encountered an individual who changed your perspective of an industry so drastically that you then wanted to invest something of your own into simply being a part of it?

This is a common question that we get several times a week. I am going to list some things that can be a problem when changing your RO filters, although I think that #1 is likely your problem.  Here is a list of issues that can impact your water quality when changing your filters and/membrane:

The short answer is that you don’t need to use Reverse Osmosis ahead of a DI system… unless you prefer to spend a lot more money than you need.  Then by all means, just use DI.  In fact, there are many companies out there who’s revenue streams count on you not using Reverse Osmosis.

More often than not, when a company installs a commercial reverse osmosis system, they start with a system that really doesn’t fit their needs for a variety of reasons. Most times, the reason is that they simply don’t know what they don’t know.

With panic from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak sweeping the world, what can you do to protect yourself, your family, and everyone else?

I am not aware of the term “forever chemicals” being used until recently, when it has been used to describe Perfluorinated Chemicals (PFAS) including Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid found in water supplies. PFOA and PFOS are a group of thousands of synthetic fluorinated organic chemicals. PFOA and PFOS are part of a la...