mrtmills
New Member
Hi,
I'm trying to make my water better and would really appreciate some advice from the knowledgeable members of this forum. My most recent water test showed the following:
Hardness: 20 gpg
Iron: 2.07 ppm
Manganese: 1.2 ppm
pH: 7.3
TDS: 460 ppm
tannins: 1.2 ppm
The water smells swampy very briefly when a bowl is filled, the hot being by far the most pronounced. The colour when drawn is a little yellow and it stays that way. I'll attach a photo. I'm testing now to see how long it takes for the colour to settle out but from memory I remember it being around a whole day. I don't see any evidence of IRB in the toilet tank and I've tried increasing the temp of the hot water heater which did not change the smell. The water is from a 360' well which is why I was a little surprised by the tannins.
I've had two companies offer solutions both which came to me as obscure model numbers. I've tried to have this water treated in the past and found that all the companies around where I am (nova scotia, canada) throw a meaningless model number at you. When asked about the product details they offer cold responses. I do know that what they are offering is a water softener and what I think is some modification that will fix the tannins too. Funnily enough what prompted me to finally get on this forum is that I actually ordered this equipment the other day and when it arrived they said it takes special salt and normal softener salt won't work. It was then that I realized I need serious help.
thanks a lot
travis
I'm trying to make my water better and would really appreciate some advice from the knowledgeable members of this forum. My most recent water test showed the following:
Hardness: 20 gpg
Iron: 2.07 ppm
Manganese: 1.2 ppm
pH: 7.3
TDS: 460 ppm
tannins: 1.2 ppm
The water smells swampy very briefly when a bowl is filled, the hot being by far the most pronounced. The colour when drawn is a little yellow and it stays that way. I'll attach a photo. I'm testing now to see how long it takes for the colour to settle out but from memory I remember it being around a whole day. I don't see any evidence of IRB in the toilet tank and I've tried increasing the temp of the hot water heater which did not change the smell. The water is from a 360' well which is why I was a little surprised by the tannins.
I've had two companies offer solutions both which came to me as obscure model numbers. I've tried to have this water treated in the past and found that all the companies around where I am (nova scotia, canada) throw a meaningless model number at you. When asked about the product details they offer cold responses. I do know that what they are offering is a water softener and what I think is some modification that will fix the tannins too. Funnily enough what prompted me to finally get on this forum is that I actually ordered this equipment the other day and when it arrived they said it takes special salt and normal softener salt won't work. It was then that I realized I need serious help.
thanks a lot
travis