Brother Jack
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Been lurking here and reading up for a couple months now. Some great advice being tossed around it’s wonderful to have a place to turn.
Would appreciate some help trying to figure out a system to remove the Iron in my well water. The well is used for irrigation only. The Iron is staining the hardscapes, driveway, house, fences etc. Nothing you haven’t heard before. Moving the irrigation system is not an option and the staining is bad so I need to correct the water.
The well is a deep water artesian and provides plenty. It was drilled 12 years ago but I never used it because I had not yet installed irrigation due to limited funds over the years. Finally last Fall I was able to afford an irrigation system and lawn renovation and all came out great. This past Spring and Summer it has all worked flawlessly.
I have a 5 zone irrigation system that each zone is matched to my pump flow output via adjustable flow on each head. The pump runs steady at 50 PSI without cycling.
My GPM flow as measured with the timed/drawdown/measure/volume method at my pressure tank is less than 15GPM but more than 14GPM. (I checked it 3 times). Piping is 1”
Most of the Summer here in the Northeast (Massachusetts) has been dry so I have been watering 3X’s per day at 80mins per cycle. Doing out the math I am using 3600 gallons per day on most days. I know I could probably cut that back a bit but for now it doesn’t appear I am over watering and should probably have a system to handle that much volume rather that under size it. The system would be active for 6-7 months per year
I had my water tested at a local lab and have the following results:
PH 6.9
Iron 7.47 mg/L
Calcium 25.4 mg/L
Hardness 78.6 mg/L
Magnesium 3.69 mg/L
I did not test for manganese or TDS. Long story at the time of drop off that I won’t get into.
I can see no signs that I have any Iron Bacteria
I also currently have Lakos TwistIIClean to keep any sediment out of the irrigation systems. Very little ever collects in it but the bowl gets stained from the Iron of course.
SYSTEM
So after trying to learn as much as possible about this by reading other posts and talking to a couple online sellers I assume the best way to handle this is with a backwash system using Katalox Light. Or Pro-OX…Not sure how big of a system based on my parameters multiple tanks? Backwash GPM limits …what brands to look for or stay away from. Etc etc Would appreciate your ideas and recommendations. Thanks in advance..
Would appreciate some help trying to figure out a system to remove the Iron in my well water. The well is used for irrigation only. The Iron is staining the hardscapes, driveway, house, fences etc. Nothing you haven’t heard before. Moving the irrigation system is not an option and the staining is bad so I need to correct the water.
The well is a deep water artesian and provides plenty. It was drilled 12 years ago but I never used it because I had not yet installed irrigation due to limited funds over the years. Finally last Fall I was able to afford an irrigation system and lawn renovation and all came out great. This past Spring and Summer it has all worked flawlessly.
I have a 5 zone irrigation system that each zone is matched to my pump flow output via adjustable flow on each head. The pump runs steady at 50 PSI without cycling.
My GPM flow as measured with the timed/drawdown/measure/volume method at my pressure tank is less than 15GPM but more than 14GPM. (I checked it 3 times). Piping is 1”
Most of the Summer here in the Northeast (Massachusetts) has been dry so I have been watering 3X’s per day at 80mins per cycle. Doing out the math I am using 3600 gallons per day on most days. I know I could probably cut that back a bit but for now it doesn’t appear I am over watering and should probably have a system to handle that much volume rather that under size it. The system would be active for 6-7 months per year
I had my water tested at a local lab and have the following results:
PH 6.9
Iron 7.47 mg/L
Calcium 25.4 mg/L
Hardness 78.6 mg/L
Magnesium 3.69 mg/L
I did not test for manganese or TDS. Long story at the time of drop off that I won’t get into.
I can see no signs that I have any Iron Bacteria
I also currently have Lakos TwistIIClean to keep any sediment out of the irrigation systems. Very little ever collects in it but the bowl gets stained from the Iron of course.
SYSTEM
So after trying to learn as much as possible about this by reading other posts and talking to a couple online sellers I assume the best way to handle this is with a backwash system using Katalox Light. Or Pro-OX…Not sure how big of a system based on my parameters multiple tanks? Backwash GPM limits …what brands to look for or stay away from. Etc etc Would appreciate your ideas and recommendations. Thanks in advance..