Jamiemm18
New Member
hey there, I’ll try to make this short and then answer questions. We have a 300’ deep well, 10 gpm, which has a lot of iron. It’s been an issue for years, since we have irrigation - orange sidewalks, driveways, house siding, cars, kids toys, etc. from the nasty water coming from the sprinklers. We have a fleck 5600 economizer water softener that does a pretty good job. Over time the toilets and sinks get stained but iron out cleans them. So..... while away on vaca, the sprinklers stuck on for a week, then the water softener got stuck on the rapid rinse cycle and flooded the basement. We got the head unit repaired on the softener and I just shut off the irrigation for now. The water , whether coming directly from the well or after the softener, looks like lemonade after 1/2 hour of sitting. We can’t do laundry or dishes and all of the sinks and toilets are stained. Talked to the local company who said to run the well directly for a couple of hours, just drain it outside. Also said to put iron out in the softener. Tried both, no change. We put in a new well tank because the man said the bladder was gone so we replace the blue well tank and still have the water softener after it. Pressure is 35-55 so it’s decent. But the water won’t clear up and I don’t know what to try next. I’ve run a ton of Manual cycles, ran the well directly through a hose outside, put iron out in the brine tank, washed the brine tank, reloaded salt, checked the head unit for suction from the brine tank and also blew through the hose to the brine tank to the ensure the float was working. My well guy says we must have disturbed the well or had a ‘slide’. He says we need to wait it out but it’s been two weeks, looks no better despite all of my manuals and iron out. But it feels like we are stuck on a campsite buying water for everything and not using showers , etc. Any thoughts on how to clear this up? I’m pretty probably going to go run another manual cycle with some iron out in it. Thanks for any input.