Majorshooter
New Member
Good day all and thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
Great site, have read many posts and appreciate folks that take their time to help.
Looking for help with system design and water softener settings.
Type of RO unit is big consideration. continuous like the Evolution R-1000 or tank reservoir unit.
Well has only 1.5 GPM recovery rate so efficiency is a consideration I think.
New well drilled to 225 ft. Results from water tests below.
First test straight from well untreated, taken through old water hose used with lake water on washer machine, possible contaminants, coliforms present, my bad.
Second test through new clean pex pipe after treatment.
Treatment= 1 micron sediment filter (new well still has some minor sediment), water softener, 5 micron sediment filter with charcoal, 8 GPM UV light.
Charcoal filter was for absorbing that sulfur gas smell.
Arsenic is the issue for sure. Is that number treatable and if so what is your product recommendation.
Also your recommendation for smell. Smell is gone after water sit in cup for a bit.
Question: Neighbor in next door cottage is a geologist but (summer 1 month resident) I haven't had a chance to run this by him but; he had students here with him for summer investigating Arsenic as lake has no arsenic in water but Arsenic attached to rock. Long story short I am also looking for opinion on whether Arsenic levels can decrease over time in drilled wells after sediment settles.
I have not set the Softener master settings yet. It is set as it was for previous owner (friend of neighbor) who had been sold a water softener without really needing one (his words).
Unit is a Fleck 5600SE and is 2 1/2 yrs old.
No hardnes in second results for some reason, I paid for it but 4 results missing. Oh well, (no pun intended).
Results
Before treatment:
Procedure Units Acceptable Limits
Aluminum 6 ug/L
Antimony $ <2 ug/L [<=6]
Arsenic $ 46 H ug/L [<=10]
Barium $ 11 ug/L [<=1000]
Beryllium <0.4 ug/L
Boron $ 37 ug/L [<=5000]
Cadmium $ <1 ug/L [<=5]
Calcium 34.1 mg/L
Chromium $ <2 ug/L [<=50]
Cobalt <2 ug/L
Copper $ <2 ug/L [<=1000]
Iron $ 355 H ug/L [<=300]
Lead $ <2 ug/L [<=10]
Magnesium 6.0 mg/L
Manganese $ 146 H ug/L [<=50]
Molybdenum <10 ug/L
Nickel <2 ug/L
Potassium 1.3 mg/L
Selenium $ <2 ug/L [<=50]
Silver <2 ug/L
Sodium $ 13.0 mg/L [<=200.0]
Strontium 739 ug/L
Thallium <2 ug/L
Tin <2 ug/L
Titanium <2 ug/L
Uranium $ <2 ug/L [<=20]
Vanadium <2 ug/L
Zinc $ 13 ug/L [<=5000]
Hardness as CaCO3 109.8 mg/L
pH 8.3 unit(s) [7.0-10.5]
Alkalinity as CaCO3 131.0 mg/L
Chloride $ 6.3 mg/L [<=250.0]
Fluoride $ 0.34 mg/L [<=1.50]
Sulfate $ 6.8 mg/L [<=500.0]
Nitrate + Nitrite (N) $ <0.01 mg/L [<=10.00]
After treatment:
Procedure Units Acceptable Limits
Total Coliforms Absent
E.coli Absent
Procedure Units Acceptable Limits
Aluminum 4 ug/L
Antimony $ <2 ug/L [<=6]
Arsenic $ 42 H ug/L [<=10]
Barium $ <2 ug/L [<=1000]
Beryllium <0.4 ug/L
Boron $ 36 ug/L [<=5000]
Cadmium $ <1 ug/L [<=5]
Calcium <0.5 mg/L
Chromium $ <2 ug/L [<=50]
Cobalt <2 ug/L
Copper $ <2 ug/L [<=1000]
Iron $ 50 ug/L [<=300]
Lead $ <2 ug/L [<=10]
Magnesium <0.5 mg/L
Manganese $ <2 ug/L [<=50]
Molybdenum <10 ug/L
Nickel <2 ug/L
Potassium 1.4 mg/L
Selenium $ <2 ug/L [<=50]
Silver <2 ug/L
Sodium $ 64.5 mg/L [<=200.0]
Strontium <2 ug/L
Thallium <2 ug/L
Tin <2 ug/L
Titanium <2 ug/L
Uranium $ <2 ug/L [<=20]
Vanadium <2 ug/L
Zinc $ <5 ug/L [<=5000]
Procedure Units Acceptable Limits
pH 8.5 unit(s) [7.0-10.5]
Fluoride $ 0.33 mg/L [<=1.50]
Nitrate + Nitrite (N) $ <0.01 mg/L [<=10.00]
Cheers
Foster
Great site, have read many posts and appreciate folks that take their time to help.
Looking for help with system design and water softener settings.
Type of RO unit is big consideration. continuous like the Evolution R-1000 or tank reservoir unit.
Well has only 1.5 GPM recovery rate so efficiency is a consideration I think.
New well drilled to 225 ft. Results from water tests below.
First test straight from well untreated, taken through old water hose used with lake water on washer machine, possible contaminants, coliforms present, my bad.
Second test through new clean pex pipe after treatment.
Treatment= 1 micron sediment filter (new well still has some minor sediment), water softener, 5 micron sediment filter with charcoal, 8 GPM UV light.
Charcoal filter was for absorbing that sulfur gas smell.
Arsenic is the issue for sure. Is that number treatable and if so what is your product recommendation.
Also your recommendation for smell. Smell is gone after water sit in cup for a bit.
Question: Neighbor in next door cottage is a geologist but (summer 1 month resident) I haven't had a chance to run this by him but; he had students here with him for summer investigating Arsenic as lake has no arsenic in water but Arsenic attached to rock. Long story short I am also looking for opinion on whether Arsenic levels can decrease over time in drilled wells after sediment settles.
I have not set the Softener master settings yet. It is set as it was for previous owner (friend of neighbor) who had been sold a water softener without really needing one (his words).
Unit is a Fleck 5600SE and is 2 1/2 yrs old.
No hardnes in second results for some reason, I paid for it but 4 results missing. Oh well, (no pun intended).
Results
Before treatment:
Procedure Units Acceptable Limits
Aluminum 6 ug/L
Antimony $ <2 ug/L [<=6]
Arsenic $ 46 H ug/L [<=10]
Barium $ 11 ug/L [<=1000]
Beryllium <0.4 ug/L
Boron $ 37 ug/L [<=5000]
Cadmium $ <1 ug/L [<=5]
Calcium 34.1 mg/L
Chromium $ <2 ug/L [<=50]
Cobalt <2 ug/L
Copper $ <2 ug/L [<=1000]
Iron $ 355 H ug/L [<=300]
Lead $ <2 ug/L [<=10]
Magnesium 6.0 mg/L
Manganese $ 146 H ug/L [<=50]
Molybdenum <10 ug/L
Nickel <2 ug/L
Potassium 1.3 mg/L
Selenium $ <2 ug/L [<=50]
Silver <2 ug/L
Sodium $ 13.0 mg/L [<=200.0]
Strontium 739 ug/L
Thallium <2 ug/L
Tin <2 ug/L
Titanium <2 ug/L
Uranium $ <2 ug/L [<=20]
Vanadium <2 ug/L
Zinc $ 13 ug/L [<=5000]
Hardness as CaCO3 109.8 mg/L
pH 8.3 unit(s) [7.0-10.5]
Alkalinity as CaCO3 131.0 mg/L
Chloride $ 6.3 mg/L [<=250.0]
Fluoride $ 0.34 mg/L [<=1.50]
Sulfate $ 6.8 mg/L [<=500.0]
Nitrate + Nitrite (N) $ <0.01 mg/L [<=10.00]
After treatment:
Procedure Units Acceptable Limits
Total Coliforms Absent
E.coli Absent
Procedure Units Acceptable Limits
Aluminum 4 ug/L
Antimony $ <2 ug/L [<=6]
Arsenic $ 42 H ug/L [<=10]
Barium $ <2 ug/L [<=1000]
Beryllium <0.4 ug/L
Boron $ 36 ug/L [<=5000]
Cadmium $ <1 ug/L [<=5]
Calcium <0.5 mg/L
Chromium $ <2 ug/L [<=50]
Cobalt <2 ug/L
Copper $ <2 ug/L [<=1000]
Iron $ 50 ug/L [<=300]
Lead $ <2 ug/L [<=10]
Magnesium <0.5 mg/L
Manganese $ <2 ug/L [<=50]
Molybdenum <10 ug/L
Nickel <2 ug/L
Potassium 1.4 mg/L
Selenium $ <2 ug/L [<=50]
Silver <2 ug/L
Sodium $ 64.5 mg/L [<=200.0]
Strontium <2 ug/L
Thallium <2 ug/L
Tin <2 ug/L
Titanium <2 ug/L
Uranium $ <2 ug/L [<=20]
Vanadium <2 ug/L
Zinc $ <5 ug/L [<=5000]
Procedure Units Acceptable Limits
pH 8.5 unit(s) [7.0-10.5]
Fluoride $ 0.33 mg/L [<=1.50]
Nitrate + Nitrite (N) $ <0.01 mg/L [<=10.00]
Cheers
Foster