Ms Thistle
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Hi everyone,
I stumbled across this forum and we sure could use some advice. We live in a rural area in Northern CA, where there is a lot of issue with iron bacteria in the water.
We have had issues for years, due to what we think is an inadequate filtration system which is a large container with gravel in it, essentially ...I'm sure I've got the terms wrong here! ... it is set up to 'backflow' and clean it out at night (regardless, our water, if left to settle, within minutes turns a light orange; our shower tile is orange no matter how much I clean it!). We have a softener, that the previous owner told us to put 'red out' softener pellets in. This worked okay for a few years, but it has been getting worse and worse. We had this system checked out a few times, and never could find anyone who really had any good ideas as to what to do.
Suddenly, our water is turning very orange. My husband says there is a lot of iron debris in the softener -- first time ever -- and we are sure the container needs to be serviced, for one.
We are hearing that the Triple O system is the best for our situation, thought the cost is quite prohibitive right now.
However, I'm hesitant to spend money even having this serviced right now, when it is just more hundred of dollars that could go towards the Triple O system.
My main questions are:
-- Is the Triple O worth it? We were quote $9K to have it installed, with a 2600 gallon water tank, and all new piping from the pump to our house.
-- This house has galvanized piping throughout, the well was put in around '85. If I get the Triple O, my water will be clear but it has to travel through piping that has 20+ years of iron build up! Will I have residual iron "biofouling" still as an issue, or will the Triple O miraculously handle this? ;>
-- What is going on with the softener? Is it just that the gravel in the container needs to be cleaned out?
-- How harmful is this water? I'm getting worried about my children taking baths in orange water. We use bottled water to drink at this point, and have for at least 2 yrs.
(And BTW -- I too have had bad skin rashing, far worse than ever, since using this water. )
Thank you so much, I hope this is not too vague given my lack of knowledge. We have felt we are getting scammed a bit by some companies, so we are trying to educate ourselves as much as we can.
Kimberely
(Ms Thistle)
I stumbled across this forum and we sure could use some advice. We live in a rural area in Northern CA, where there is a lot of issue with iron bacteria in the water.
We have had issues for years, due to what we think is an inadequate filtration system which is a large container with gravel in it, essentially ...I'm sure I've got the terms wrong here! ... it is set up to 'backflow' and clean it out at night (regardless, our water, if left to settle, within minutes turns a light orange; our shower tile is orange no matter how much I clean it!). We have a softener, that the previous owner told us to put 'red out' softener pellets in. This worked okay for a few years, but it has been getting worse and worse. We had this system checked out a few times, and never could find anyone who really had any good ideas as to what to do.
Suddenly, our water is turning very orange. My husband says there is a lot of iron debris in the softener -- first time ever -- and we are sure the container needs to be serviced, for one.
We are hearing that the Triple O system is the best for our situation, thought the cost is quite prohibitive right now.
However, I'm hesitant to spend money even having this serviced right now, when it is just more hundred of dollars that could go towards the Triple O system.
My main questions are:
-- Is the Triple O worth it? We were quote $9K to have it installed, with a 2600 gallon water tank, and all new piping from the pump to our house.
-- This house has galvanized piping throughout, the well was put in around '85. If I get the Triple O, my water will be clear but it has to travel through piping that has 20+ years of iron build up! Will I have residual iron "biofouling" still as an issue, or will the Triple O miraculously handle this? ;>
-- What is going on with the softener? Is it just that the gravel in the container needs to be cleaned out?
-- How harmful is this water? I'm getting worried about my children taking baths in orange water. We use bottled water to drink at this point, and have for at least 2 yrs.
(And BTW -- I too have had bad skin rashing, far worse than ever, since using this water. )
Thank you so much, I hope this is not too vague given my lack of knowledge. We have felt we are getting scammed a bit by some companies, so we are trying to educate ourselves as much as we can.
Kimberely
(Ms Thistle)
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