barlow96
Member
Well i have been doing a ton of research and I'm not sure if i am more confused now or when i started.
new house built in 2014 with an existing shallow well (100') constructed in 1980 (prior home which burnt down)
water test in 2015:
iron .0892 mg/l
total hardness 99 mg/l
total dissolved solids 56 mg/l
IRB 2300 cfu/ml
installed chlorine injection stenner pump directly before pressure tank (turns on when well pump kicks on)
installed vortech terminox filter 10'' x 54''(i believe 1.5 cu ft media) with pentair 263/740F autotrol valve
sediment filter after this (need to replace every couple of month. filter is brown and metal flakes in cartridge, probably well casing material?)
fast forward 5 years, IRB is still persistent (probably due to not enough contact time) and still having iron staining in toilets, grout lines in shower dog water dish etc...
I am not sure what media terminox uses, but i would like to revamp the system.
I am thinking of a 120 gallon contact tank for the chlorine injection to completely maximize the contact time to get rid of the IRB, but after that i am at a lost for what type of filter. Should i just go with an GAC filter for the chlorine? I am assuming all of the iron would oxidize in the contact tank which the GAC would then remove?
Could i use my existing 10x54 vortech tank and control valve to replace the media with GAC?
any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to get this right.
new house built in 2014 with an existing shallow well (100') constructed in 1980 (prior home which burnt down)
water test in 2015:
iron .0892 mg/l
total hardness 99 mg/l
total dissolved solids 56 mg/l
IRB 2300 cfu/ml
installed chlorine injection stenner pump directly before pressure tank (turns on when well pump kicks on)
installed vortech terminox filter 10'' x 54''(i believe 1.5 cu ft media) with pentair 263/740F autotrol valve
sediment filter after this (need to replace every couple of month. filter is brown and metal flakes in cartridge, probably well casing material?)
fast forward 5 years, IRB is still persistent (probably due to not enough contact time) and still having iron staining in toilets, grout lines in shower dog water dish etc...
I am not sure what media terminox uses, but i would like to revamp the system.
I am thinking of a 120 gallon contact tank for the chlorine injection to completely maximize the contact time to get rid of the IRB, but after that i am at a lost for what type of filter. Should i just go with an GAC filter for the chlorine? I am assuming all of the iron would oxidize in the contact tank which the GAC would then remove?
Could i use my existing 10x54 vortech tank and control valve to replace the media with GAC?
any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to get this right.