loop1
New Member
I have a shallow (65 feet) well whose water is loaded with very fine reddish particulates that I assume is iron oxide. No silt, no bad odors, just this gunk. It is very fine--I have a 4.5 x 10 inch filter rated at 1 micron in the system and even with a new filter I sometimes get a small amount of rust in the water. The filter loads up with this material in just a few months of usage by 2 people. I do not want a major system to deal with this problem, so I will be changing filters fairly often. My question is--which type of filter is best for this problem--pleated, wound polypropene, etc. Also, some pleated filters claim you can wash them out and reuse. Is this true?