soda ash

Hi, I am new to this forum and looking for some suggestions to address issues with our well water. We have a shallow dug well. The water tests in the past four years showed that we have very soft water (9-24 mg/L) with low pH (5.7-6.2), fluctuated iron level (<0.05-2.5 mg/L) and slightly...

Hi, I am new to this forum and looking for some suggestions to adjust the low pH of our well water. We have a shallow dug well. The water tests in the past 4 years showed that we have very soft water (<=1 grain per gallon) with low pH (5.7-6.5), fluctuated iron level ( <0.1 - 2.5 ppm), and...

The soda ash pump was continuously running after the water was shut off. I found the flow switch control that activated the soda ash pump and learned to push the plunger down to manually turn the pump off when no water was flowing. The pump would correctly start when water flowed but would not...

This may seem like a stupid question, but we have had some issues with our soda ash feed and I think this would solve it but I'm not sure if it's a good idea. Our well has a lot of iron in it. When we have had work done to the submersible pump it's caked onto the tubing. We have had to...

Well, I thought it was interesting anyway... This may come as no surprise to you folks with lots of experience, but I figured I'd post it anyway as a breadcrumb trail for any other DIY'ers like myself: So after 12 years of living with lousy water, we finally decided to shell out some money and...