Heavy Iron In Well
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Yes I do.. Any thoughts on a solution
mark3885
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Iron bacteria most common in heavy iron wells . Have you sanitized your well lately? Then add a water softener to remove the iron .
Jeff Handy
Pro Handyman, NOT A Pro Plumber
And use Iron-Out to clean the softener once a month.
Run a full recharge cycle afterwards, and also run plenty of cold water through a slop sink or hose faucet, to further purge the Iron Out from the softener.
And use the salt pellets made for iron cleaning.
And add a large sediment filter before the softener.
If it clogs too often, move it to after the softener.
Run a full recharge cycle afterwards, and also run plenty of cold water through a slop sink or hose faucet, to further purge the Iron Out from the softener.
And use the salt pellets made for iron cleaning.
And add a large sediment filter before the softener.
If it clogs too often, move it to after the softener.
arctic bill
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yes i have seen this, when you drill a well there is no telling what you will get.
there used to be a company called culligan water treatment that did a very good job with this .
there used to be a company called culligan water treatment that did a very good job with this .
That looks terrible. Looks like it came out of a mud puddle.
I remember those TV commercials: "Hey Culligan man!"
PerplexedPlumber
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Filters add to the burden on a pump, but I wouldn't want to be without a pre-filter for that water. That amount of iron could easily overload a softener. In our area, the common water service is Ecowater. They have a drip treatment for softeners using a citric acid based solution. I haven't tried it yet, and we don't have nearly that degree of iron, but it will be the next thing I try. There are softener salts (as Jeff H mentioned) with iron reducers also.
Unless your water is tested at a tap in the house and found to have bacteria, I wouldn't want to open and treat the well. If it has been opened, however, it should be treated. As another poster mentioned, you do not want to get a problem started with iron-sulfur bacteria.
Unless your water is tested at a tap in the house and found to have bacteria, I wouldn't want to open and treat the well. If it has been opened, however, it should be treated. As another poster mentioned, you do not want to get a problem started with iron-sulfur bacteria.
Jeff Handy
Pro Handyman, NOT A Pro Plumber
That citric acid treatment sounds interesting.
Mainly because the Iron Out cleaner smells and tastes terrible, and can trigger asthma attacks in some people.
Mainly because the Iron Out cleaner smells and tastes terrible, and can trigger asthma attacks in some people.
arctic bill
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one town in the arctic called pond inlet Baffin island , had water that smelled of rotten eggs, it was so bad that you had to leave the shower door open. You never know what you are going to get .
I can't offer any solutions. We boil our water and use Brita filters in the house. We don't drink the tap water. Have never set up any sort of softener or filter but really should. The solutions offered sound like they make sense.
