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The Dirty Little Secret About Reverse Osmosis
OK, this is nothing salacious - I just like the headline! Well, there is actually truth in that headline. The dirty secret is: the inside of a residential reverse osmosis tank accumulates and breed heterotrophic bacteria over time. Heterotrophic bacteria are microorganisms that use organic carbon as food. They are detected using Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC) which is used to measure the b...September 2, 2019 -
Does UV Disinfection Make Sense?
The obvious answer is "Yes, of course it does." Ultraviolet disinfection or "UV" has been around for many years and is a generally accepted technology to disinfect drinking water. More and more families are embracing ultraviolet technology as a way to disinfect their water. The question in many people's mind is not whether UV makes sense, but the question is whether UV technology is "the best...December 26, 2016 -
IS QD is a Better Disinfection Solution Than UV?
Water treatment professionals have long known that ultraviolet light does not "technically" kill microorganisms. They understand that UV damages the DNA of a bacterial cell so that it cannot replicate. Essentially, it is rendered dead because it cannot replicate. However, they are still in the water, even if they are "dead men walking"! Now, we also find that in some cases, bacteria may ...July 1, 2016 -
Rethinking Lake and Pond Water Treatment
I installed my first lake water treatment system over 40 years ago and since then we have treated hundreds of lake water systems in the traditional manner, like the system in the above photo (link is below): https://www.uswatersystems.com/pond-lake-deluxe-water-treatment-systems-12-gpm.html Not only do we use chlorination, but we also use ultraviolet for disinfection as Giardia Cysts and Cryptos...June 24, 2016 -
A Breakthrough Technology That's Changing the World
This product has been re-branded as Pulsar Quantum Disinfection. Here's a link to the revised post: https://blog.uswatersystems.com/2017/04/pulsar-quantum-disinfection-the-power-to-change-the-world/ What I am about to tell you might defy what you already think you know, but rest assured, this is not a fairy tale. It is true and it is here and now! I am talking about the Silecte™ media w...May 9, 2016