imtiredofbadcoffee
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Please help me decide on how to address my acidic well water. Here are the water conditions:
Hardness: gpg 5
Iron: ppm 0
PH: 6.28
Sulphate 9.29 mg/L
Turbidity: ftu 1.15
TDS: ppm 187
I'm not going the DIY route. First quote is from the local well driller who recommends a Master MP-CnS-3oT Neutralizer / Softener combo unit (two tanks, stacked, one control valve). Price is $2290 installed. It seems a bit expensive to me, and I don't like the idea of adding hundreds of pounds of salt to the environment if indeed it is bad for the environment. If I can be convinced it is not bad I might go for it.
The second quote is from a water technology company who quotes $1500 for metered feed pump system that uses sodium carbonate. He proposes using a pump mounted in a solution tank which would inject into my well pressure tank which would then push the mixture into a contact tank and onward. I notice there is not a lot of love for these systems out there in cyber land. Are these systems problematic to maintain?
While talking to the man about the metered pump I mentioned I would be replacing the copper with Pex and he said my third option would be to do nothing because the Pex isn't affected by the acid. Is ignoring the problem an option?
Thanks in advance,
Joe
Hardness: gpg 5
Iron: ppm 0
PH: 6.28
Sulphate 9.29 mg/L
Turbidity: ftu 1.15
TDS: ppm 187
I'm not going the DIY route. First quote is from the local well driller who recommends a Master MP-CnS-3oT Neutralizer / Softener combo unit (two tanks, stacked, one control valve). Price is $2290 installed. It seems a bit expensive to me, and I don't like the idea of adding hundreds of pounds of salt to the environment if indeed it is bad for the environment. If I can be convinced it is not bad I might go for it.
The second quote is from a water technology company who quotes $1500 for metered feed pump system that uses sodium carbonate. He proposes using a pump mounted in a solution tank which would inject into my well pressure tank which would then push the mixture into a contact tank and onward. I notice there is not a lot of love for these systems out there in cyber land. Are these systems problematic to maintain?
While talking to the man about the metered pump I mentioned I would be replacing the copper with Pex and he said my third option would be to do nothing because the Pex isn't affected by the acid. Is ignoring the problem an option?
Thanks in advance,
Joe
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