Litho
New Member
I live with my wife and we consume about 100 gallons of water each day. We have a Katalox light iron filter and a water softener. Our iron filter is 2.5 cu ft in size, uses a 2510 SXT AIO head, and is set to backwash 14 minutes every three days. Our water softener is 1.5 cu ft, uses a 2510 SXT head, and is set to backwash based on meter consumption.
I feel like we are back washing the iron filter too frequently and wasting water. How is the backwash interval determined for the iron filter? Can it be increase based on our water quality and low usage? Would the iron filter work properly if the backwash interval was increased to 6 days or 9 days or even longer? Is it important to keep the backwash time at 14 minutes?
Also, do I really need to override and backwash the water softener every 30 days? Again, our water usage is low and our water hardness is low so the expected backwash interval, based on usage, is about once every 85 days.
Finally, I am considering installing an acid neutralizer. Does it make sense to install a 1.5 cu ft Calcite system with a 2510 SXT head? If so, how often should it be back washed if the acid neutralizer is put after the iron filter?
I would appreciate any advice or pointers.
Here is a summary of our raw and processed water test. I did not list items that we not detected on both tests.
........................RAW ..................Processed
Calcium......... 10.1 ppm ...............0.01 ppm
Copper........ 0.012 ppm..............0.010 ppm
Iron............. 1.320 ppm .................. ND
Lithium....... 0.024 ppm............. 0.004 ppm
Manganese . 0.048 ppm ................. ND
Potassium........ 3.4 ppm ............... 0.02 ppm
Silica.............. 30.8 ppm ................ 18.9 ppm
Sodium................ 8 ppm .................. 32 ppm
Strontium.... 0.098 ppm .............. 0.001 ppm
Zinc.............. 0.004 ppm .............. 0.017 ppm
Alkalinity (Total as CoCO3) 56 .......... 53
Hardness ................50 ....................... ND
PH ......................... 6.4 ....................... 6.50
Turbifity.................17.0 NTU ............. Not Tested
Sulfate .................. 5.0 ppm .............. 5.13ppm
Total Dissolved Solids . 98 ................. 105.96
I feel like we are back washing the iron filter too frequently and wasting water. How is the backwash interval determined for the iron filter? Can it be increase based on our water quality and low usage? Would the iron filter work properly if the backwash interval was increased to 6 days or 9 days or even longer? Is it important to keep the backwash time at 14 minutes?
Also, do I really need to override and backwash the water softener every 30 days? Again, our water usage is low and our water hardness is low so the expected backwash interval, based on usage, is about once every 85 days.
Finally, I am considering installing an acid neutralizer. Does it make sense to install a 1.5 cu ft Calcite system with a 2510 SXT head? If so, how often should it be back washed if the acid neutralizer is put after the iron filter?
I would appreciate any advice or pointers.
Here is a summary of our raw and processed water test. I did not list items that we not detected on both tests.
........................RAW ..................Processed
Calcium......... 10.1 ppm ...............0.01 ppm
Copper........ 0.012 ppm..............0.010 ppm
Iron............. 1.320 ppm .................. ND
Lithium....... 0.024 ppm............. 0.004 ppm
Manganese . 0.048 ppm ................. ND
Potassium........ 3.4 ppm ............... 0.02 ppm
Silica.............. 30.8 ppm ................ 18.9 ppm
Sodium................ 8 ppm .................. 32 ppm
Strontium.... 0.098 ppm .............. 0.001 ppm
Zinc.............. 0.004 ppm .............. 0.017 ppm
Alkalinity (Total as CoCO3) 56 .......... 53
Hardness ................50 ....................... ND
PH ......................... 6.4 ....................... 6.50
Turbifity.................17.0 NTU ............. Not Tested
Sulfate .................. 5.0 ppm .............. 5.13ppm
Total Dissolved Solids . 98 ................. 105.96