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Commercial reverse osmosis systems in the 2,000 gallons per day to 8,000 gallons per day arena are some of the most popular systems on the planet. If you Google “commercial reverse osmosis systems” you with come up with 6.4 million results! If that seems like a lot, let me assure you that most of the listings are NOT commercial reverse osmosis systems.  While I do not k...

Tannin has been a perplexing foe to water treatment specialists for decades now. There has been essentially one tried and true method that has stood the test of time, but to be honest, it’s a bit of a pain in the neck.What is tannin? Why is it so challenging to remove?Simply put, tannin is dissolved organic material. It appears in surface and groundwater from dissolved plant tissue and veget...

There are three things that are vital to human life.  Those are Food, Air, and Water.  How long can we survive without the basics? Every person and situation is different, though the "rule of threes" gets at the desperate nature of what our bodies need: three minutes without oxygen, three days without water, t...

What Is Reverse Osmosis ?Reverse osmosis removes the largest spectrum of contaminants at the most economical cost of any water treatment process.  Essentially, a whole house reverse osmosis system will remove 98 to 99% of most contaminants including total dissolved solids (TDS), sodium, chloride, sulfate, nitrate, arsenic and a plethora of other chemical and organic contaminants. One of the k...

Let's cut right to the chase. If you have read any of my past articles during the nearly 20 years I have written this blog, you might know one thing: I am not a big fan of chlorine. There are a few reasons: It is hard to keep the correct concentration of chlorine as it degrades rapidly;The "point-of-injection" can crystallize and necessitate cleaning the injection fitting (not hard, but it ...

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278. that is the number of zip code areas with lead poisoning levels twice that of Flint Michigan. This number will continue to increase. As of 2019 The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) estimated the total cost of water infrastructure repairs needed is 3.6 trillion dollars by the year 2020. According to the American Water Works Association there are approximately 240,000 water main brea...

Can I Use a Water Softener With a Septic Tank? Frequently, potential customers contact us and say “I can’t have a water softener because I have a septic tank.”  That statement, in and of itself is completely untrue. It is simply not true that water softener regeneration discharges pose a problem to septic systems or to the leach field. Studies have shown that water softener regeneration wa...

The Water Quality Association ("WQA") is seeking tariff exemptions for Chinese water treatment products that American Water Treatment Dealers are selling.  I guess that is all well and good, but as the tariffs apply to US Water Systems, all I can tell you is that our name is US Water Systems, not China Water Systems, and we have been phasing out Chinese products for years.  So, while most other...

Question: Hi. I have well water. The TDS in the tap water is 700. I have a 3 stage RO system. Number 1 is the sediment filter. Number 2 is the TFC membrane. Number 3 is the carbon post filter. I have added a permeate pump. The water coming out of the RO is 200 ppm. Is this too high? Is there anything else that I can add to the system to reduce the ppm even more? Thanks in advance, Paul A...

Question:  Hi read through the info you have about RO systems and how they strip the minerals. You don’t talk about putting them back and only state you really don't have to anyway. OK, but the water tastes bad, tea tastes bad. So what am I to do learn to live with the taste or is there something that will actually add some safe amount and type of minerals back to adjust the taste? Thank...

Q.  "After testing our well water it is showing Nitrate-N at 11.62. The County limit is 10. What type of filter would you suggest?" A.  I would recommend a reverse osmosis drinking water system, like this:  https://www.uswatersystems.com/aquapurion-plus-5-stage-reverse-osmosis-system.html  Q.  Can the Pulsar Intercepter pre-filter + Pulsar Disruptor sub-micron filter work together as ...