Recent content by Galpha

One last question (well, maybe two...) on this mixed bed approach. Any concerns (at this 90/10% blend) about alkalinity changing? I've seen a few sites mentioning this being an issue when doing a two tank approach (one cation one anion), not so good for the copper pipes. Here's a stretch...

Well Peter, it's obvious you've never met my kids ;) But seriously, we did consider walking away from this house until we started doing our homework. Turns out "gross alpha" is alot more common than I had realized. When we bought our current house 15 years ago, GA wasn't part of the testing...

My understanding of the gross alpha test results suggests radon is not a big factor here. As it was explained by someone much smarter than me, radon has a short half life (3.8 days). The two tests are done 48 hours apart; if radon was a big factor, there should be a bigger difference between the...

I'm in the process of buying a house with well water, and water testing showed all is good EXCEPT it failed for gross alpha :( : Gross Alpha (initial) 16.56 pCi/L (limit is 5 pCi/L) Gross Alpha (final) 15.84 pCi/L (limit is 15 pCi/L) My research so far suggests there is a good chance this...