Randyacton
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From time to time we get the rotten egg smell coming from the hot water, this last time prompted me to buy a test kit from HD to do some rudimentary water testing. I knew that we have high hardness, iron, manganese and the sulfur/rotten egg smell but wasn't sure of the levels.
Don't have the results in front of me, but from memory tests results are as follows:
Water direct from well - PH (strip about 1.5), Hardness 800 ppm (test strip 800 max), Iron 5 ppm, Coliform bacteria positive, all other results were "normal" or safe.
Water post softener - PH 7.5, Hardness 0, Iron 0.5 pm, all other test "normal" or safe. Did not have another coliform test.
This is our current water set up. Pressure tank, Twin BB 10" (25 micron and 5 micron), older Kinetico softener (Model 60 I think) and Kinetico RO.
Whenever I change the BB 25 micron it is BLACK with a slimy residue which tells me that there is a manganese problem and the toilets develop a brownish/reddish film after a period of time, which tells me that iron is still getting through.
This spring I am going to re-plumb the water lines through the entire house and consolidate some items. Whomever plumbed this house must have been smoking really good herb because it is terrible. The line from the well comes into the crawl space and immediately goes into the pressure tank, from there a 1" feed takes it aprox. 30" to the sediment filters and softener, 1" feed comes out of softener and is then reduced to 3/4", the 3/4" feeds the hot water but reduces to 1/2 after the heater and the same 1/2 line then feeds all the hot water needs in the entire house. Same hold true for the cold, 1/2 line jumps from sink to sink, the pressure in the house is terrible if you run any more than one item at a time.
To make a long story just a little bit longer, what I intend to do is buy new stuff and install in a different location. The plan is for a pressure stop valve, chlorine pellet system, static mixer, contact tank, Fleck backwashing carbon filter, Fleck softener and RO system.
I do plan to have the water professionally tested, but I think that is pretty much a catch all type system.
Any thoughts?
Don't have the results in front of me, but from memory tests results are as follows:
Water direct from well - PH (strip about 1.5), Hardness 800 ppm (test strip 800 max), Iron 5 ppm, Coliform bacteria positive, all other results were "normal" or safe.
Water post softener - PH 7.5, Hardness 0, Iron 0.5 pm, all other test "normal" or safe. Did not have another coliform test.
This is our current water set up. Pressure tank, Twin BB 10" (25 micron and 5 micron), older Kinetico softener (Model 60 I think) and Kinetico RO.
Whenever I change the BB 25 micron it is BLACK with a slimy residue which tells me that there is a manganese problem and the toilets develop a brownish/reddish film after a period of time, which tells me that iron is still getting through.
This spring I am going to re-plumb the water lines through the entire house and consolidate some items. Whomever plumbed this house must have been smoking really good herb because it is terrible. The line from the well comes into the crawl space and immediately goes into the pressure tank, from there a 1" feed takes it aprox. 30" to the sediment filters and softener, 1" feed comes out of softener and is then reduced to 3/4", the 3/4" feeds the hot water but reduces to 1/2 after the heater and the same 1/2 line then feeds all the hot water needs in the entire house. Same hold true for the cold, 1/2 line jumps from sink to sink, the pressure in the house is terrible if you run any more than one item at a time.
To make a long story just a little bit longer, what I intend to do is buy new stuff and install in a different location. The plan is for a pressure stop valve, chlorine pellet system, static mixer, contact tank, Fleck backwashing carbon filter, Fleck softener and RO system.
I do plan to have the water professionally tested, but I think that is pretty much a catch all type system.
Any thoughts?