We purchased a home at auction and the water quality test came back with high arsenic and iron. The property has been vacant for about 2.5 years. Before the purchase, my husband ran the water at the kitchen faucet for about 10 minutes before taking the sample (since we did not yet own the house when taking the sample, that was about as long as we had time to run the water before taking the sample). Now that we own the house, is it possible that longer flushing may improve the water quality? If so, how long should we run the water before retesting? Anything else we should do before jumping in on expensive treatment systems? We've got a quote of $10k for water treatment, including water softener, pre-filter, iron, and arsenic, but we want to be sure we actually need the treatment before shelling out that kind of money. Fortunately, the property was a screamin' deal, even with the cost of dealing with water issues.
Thank you for your advice.
Thank you for your advice.