BDrivenByDemons
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1ppm of iron. No bacteria.
I had a venturi air injector/birm setup working for a number of years but my pressure tank got clogged up with iron so I was going to replace it. Dittohead here looked over my water test results and suggested a few setups but also said my water was fairly easy to treat and a softener would probably take care of the iron. I decided to rip out all the iron removal components and replace that pressure tank with a CSV. I've been running this setup for months and it's great. No issues with iron stains at all and the softener is keeping up nicely. But...
When I ripped out the old stuff everything between the air injector and birm tank was severely clogged with iron. It was all installed with 1" PVC and I swear I only had 1/2" flowing because of all the buildup. So I replaced and figure now I'm keeping that iron in its ferrous state and using ion exchange to get rid of it so shouldn't have any clogging issues. Well...
My hose bibs are driving me insane. They were treated for iron but not softened with the old setup. Now it's just straight from the well and damn that iron stains quick. I'm not really looking to soften my hose bibs so I'm kicking around the idea of adding back an iron remover. I was wondering what's suggested to oxidize that iron further down the chain so I don't get all clogged up again. Seems like doing it right at the filter tank would be ideal but contact time may be an issue. In my limited research ozone seems ideal. It needs much less contact time and I don't need to worry about chlorine or peroxide. Any suggestions?
I had a venturi air injector/birm setup working for a number of years but my pressure tank got clogged up with iron so I was going to replace it. Dittohead here looked over my water test results and suggested a few setups but also said my water was fairly easy to treat and a softener would probably take care of the iron. I decided to rip out all the iron removal components and replace that pressure tank with a CSV. I've been running this setup for months and it's great. No issues with iron stains at all and the softener is keeping up nicely. But...
When I ripped out the old stuff everything between the air injector and birm tank was severely clogged with iron. It was all installed with 1" PVC and I swear I only had 1/2" flowing because of all the buildup. So I replaced and figure now I'm keeping that iron in its ferrous state and using ion exchange to get rid of it so shouldn't have any clogging issues. Well...
My hose bibs are driving me insane. They were treated for iron but not softened with the old setup. Now it's just straight from the well and damn that iron stains quick. I'm not really looking to soften my hose bibs so I'm kicking around the idea of adding back an iron remover. I was wondering what's suggested to oxidize that iron further down the chain so I don't get all clogged up again. Seems like doing it right at the filter tank would be ideal but contact time may be an issue. In my limited research ozone seems ideal. It needs much less contact time and I don't need to worry about chlorine or peroxide. Any suggestions?