well water

We just had a new aqua sure water softener installed about a week ago. We went about 5 weeks without a softener in between the old one giving out and installation of new one. In that 5 weeks the water stained everything. The cold water would come out clear, but then turn yellow after sitting...

I have a minor iron / Manganese problem but no smell or taste issues. Recent water test: 142 mg/l (ppm) hardness Iron .071 mg/L Manganese .095 mg/L I’ve purchased a Pro-Aqua filter...

Hello friends! Complete idiot here, and believe me I’ve tried everything before I reached out here. Basically I have hard water that is unresolved. My landlord is extremely unhelpful, unfriendly, etc..I have what I believe is an air injection DUAL tank fleck 5600se. That’s what’s printed on the...

Hey all. My partner and I recently purchased an off grid property with a legal water license to pull water from the lake for domestic use. The property has a well that was drilled four years ago and produces approx 0.25 GPM.... hence why we are exploring the lake option first. The lake shore is...

Hi guys - sorry, this is a long post. I have had three different water companies come out and quote me anywhere from $5,000 - $7,000 to solve my well water issues (I don't have that kind of money). Ever since then I have scoured the internet and lurked this forum, finally deciding to post to see...

Hello! I am currently living in a double wide/modular home that belongs to a relative. I'm very appreciative of this opportunity as she only requires us to pay the electric bill, so in return I try my best to keep the place up and have even done things like replaced the carpet, etc. Staying here...

Hello! Our house has a water softener that's gone neglected for 10+ years. From what I remember, the old one didn't work especially well anyway. I've decided to dedicate some time to sorting out my well water properly. We had a water test when we moved in. Most of the things they tested for were...

There is a copper tank in my wood-heated basement that tempers the very cold well water before it enters the hot water heater tank. It has developed a pin-hole leak. Is it worth replacing, or should i just by-pass it, letting the oil boiler do all the heating? If replacing, what should I use...

We’re getting a slight sulfur smell from our water system. Had the water tested by the county and came back good-no need to sanitize the well. While shopping for a new conditioner one of the sales reps said we could sanitize the plumbing system by introducing chlorine bleach through our unused...

We have lived in our house for 5 years, and have loved our well water and Kinetico water softener system. I realized our water heater was 22 years old so, instead of waiting for it to stop working, I replaced it about 3 weeks ago on a weekend it was convenient. However, almost immediately I...

Hello, we have well water, for the passed few months our upstairs water pressure has gotten significantly worse. It began by going in and out of pressure, this got worse when the filter needed changing. When we changed the filter it would get a little better, but not much and not for long. Now...

Hello, I recently purchased a house with well water. There was low pressure in all the faucets so i redid the piping between the pressure switch and the storage tank (something was clogged). I also added a pressure relief valve and relocated the drain. Attached are before and after pictures...

Merry Christmas everyone! First time posting a thread anywhere. But I'm finally stumped and even my uncle who is a licensed plumber and educator for Boston gas and father another licensed plumber gas man can't figure this one out. Aprx 4500 SQ ft home with 4 full bathrooms , large jet tub 1st...

I recently replaced my pressure gauge and fixed a hydrant. After turning the well back on I have low pressure to the building. Pressure switch shuts off at 42 psi and psi slowly falls, low pressure to building (good for 3 seconds then falls to almost nothing), pump kicks on at 20 psi to fill...

Hi all, This is the first time in my life to have a well water system in my house, so I have no experience at all. I paid around $5000 to install a new well water system and $1500 for a new well... So What I was told from the Atlantic company: you can not use the water from 1 am to 5 am...

Hi I have a question about iron removal. So my water hardness is 61 ppm. My iron is 3.5 ppm. I believe its a factor of 8 x 3.5 = 89 hardness. I have a culligan gold 10 series softener from 2007. I had them run my water again because I have rust stains in the bottom of my tub. New tub less than a...

Hi all, New here, and I need you guys' engineering knowledge. I have done some research, but I couldn't find enough information to confirm my design, or you can call it, a wild design. This is a deep well. I think it is about 50 feet deep. At this moment, the house water pump is a 1HP pump with...

Hey guys, I live in Sarasota, FL and the city is just finishing up plumbing my neighborhood with city water. I am planning on connecting my house to city water so that i avoid the maintenance of the well and the occasional sulfur smell from the well water. The city has so far installed a water...

Hello, Today I noticed my well water color changing when setting a tub. It came out clear then after about 5 minutes it turns black. I poured some bleach and it cleared up to a yellow color. I then put more water into a bucket and it turned black again. This time I used peroxide and again it...

We've lived in our home for just over two years and have yet to figure out how to maintain our greensand filter system. We did purchase potassium permanganate but have no idea how to get all the liquid that is in the pot out, what to do with it (how to dispose of it) and whether we just dump the...