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I know the history of this is hard to follow... I don't have a water softener, never did. Here's a summary: When I built this house and had the well pump and pressure tank installed the well contractor performed a field test of the water. He said I had iron in the water that needed to be...

The good news is that problem wnt away when they removed the filter. Now I just need a remedy for the iron.

It's an electric water heater. The filter they installed had some calcite media in it which raised the hardness. I have no idea why they decided to use that. I've had 3 water lab test over the last 18 months. None of them have shown any iron present.

Update: The company that installed this iron filter removed it and gave me a refund. It's been several months since it was removed. No more noisy water heater or calcium buildup in the screens. Now I am getting reddish brown sediment in the toilet tanks and toilet bowls. The wife is...

Ok, Ill post up my raw water test results after this stuff gets taken out. Thanks for the help.

It's on the back towards the bottom. I have not seen anything ccome out of it. It is 1" but is several feet away and has 2 elbows. It's 3/4" PVC.

I don't know the difference between a vent tank and retention tank. The label on the gray tank says it's a retention tank. According to the installer it's purpose is to expose the water to air in order to oxidize the iron so it can be filtered. I added some labeling, hopefully you can see how...

I didn't have a chance to take the pictures last night so I'll have to do it tonight. Are you familiar with Langelier saturation index? The Langelier Saturation Index (LSI; also called Langelier Stability Index) is a calculated number used to predict the calcium carbonate stability of...

The filter is on the house side of the pump but the aerator is not. Starting from the well pump the main line comes into the well house and has an in-line blue plastic aerator installed. From there it connects to the retention tank, then it connects to the pressure tank and finally to the filter...

Is this snake oil? http://www.sfes.com/hydroblend.PDF

Gary, The aerator is installed before the pressure tank so I'll have to wait until the iron filter is removed to get more samples. I spoke to the chemist at the water lab yesterday. They did a microscopic exam of the particles I collected from hot side of the house plumbing. He said...

Does this look like iron?

Yep, now I'm wondering how much it raised the hardness.

Unfortunately the crap sticks to the sides of the tank and most of it won't come out when flushed.

I was present when the field tests were done, both guys were using Hach color wheel kits. Of course I have no idea how the lab tests were handled. But they were sent to 2 different labs with the same results. I talked to one of the chemists and asked him why the field tests were positive for...

I've had 2 different water specialists out to test the water in the field. They both used a test kit which had a little packet that was emptied into a test tube. The first one was the guy who installed the iron filter right after he installed the pump about 6 months ago. He measured 8ppm iron...

Just got a tester, pH -s 7.6

I looked at how the recirc system is plumbed and the return line is connected to the top of the water heater. There aren't any lines connected to the bottom. Any recommendations for a water test kit that wil do iron, pH, calcium, magnesium? If there is no iron present is a softener still...

Here's the results of my water tests. 8/16/06 Test sample taken directly from well pump Arsenic - None Detected Barium - None Detected Cadmium - None Detected Chromium - None Detected Mercury - None Detected Selenium - None Detected Beryllium - None Detected Nickel - None Detected...