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Afternoon,
I'm trying to find a good filter system to use on my water supply. I'm on well water and would like to filter the water prior to the water softener. Current setup is two Omni Filters after the pressure tank and before the softener. It's not the exact setup as when I bough the house, but very similar in that the softener, filter, and water heater were changed a month or so after I moved in. The pressure tank a year or so after and the well pump last month. The previous filter had two cartridges (T01) in one unit, I now have two separate units, one with a T01 and one with an RS5 in series. The problem is the need to changethem every three weeks or so. I'd like something that would need changing only once or twice a year. We have one full bath, two half baths and two kitchen sinks, a dishwasher and washing machine. Our daughter is moving out so it's back to just the wife and myself (and the dogs).
I had the well tested this past July, the sample was pulled before the softener and filter. The results are as follows:
Ph 7.4, specific conductance 853 micromhos/cm, total dissolved solids 466 mg/l, total hardness 6 grains/gallon, iron 0.28 mg/l, sodium 150 mg/l and nitrate 0.6 mg/l. coliforms are less than 1/100ml and no fecal coliforms.
With the current filters they turn orange in color from whatever sediment it is. Every now and then the hot water does have an odor (I did change the anode in the water heater), changing the filter seems to help that.
The well is 90 feet deep, the pipe is PE into the house, PVC to the the softener and mostly CPVC throughout the house. There is some copper, but not a lot. There are outside hydrants (freeze proof) that branch off either at the top of the well or from the pipe from the well to the house. Pressure tank and switch in the basement.
Hopefully I've provided enough information. What I would like to find is a whole house filter that will replae the two Omni filters. If you can point me in to someplace I can get them online, that would be excellent. I can't seem to find anything local.
I'm trying to find a good filter system to use on my water supply. I'm on well water and would like to filter the water prior to the water softener. Current setup is two Omni Filters after the pressure tank and before the softener. It's not the exact setup as when I bough the house, but very similar in that the softener, filter, and water heater were changed a month or so after I moved in. The pressure tank a year or so after and the well pump last month. The previous filter had two cartridges (T01) in one unit, I now have two separate units, one with a T01 and one with an RS5 in series. The problem is the need to changethem every three weeks or so. I'd like something that would need changing only once or twice a year. We have one full bath, two half baths and two kitchen sinks, a dishwasher and washing machine. Our daughter is moving out so it's back to just the wife and myself (and the dogs).
I had the well tested this past July, the sample was pulled before the softener and filter. The results are as follows:
Ph 7.4, specific conductance 853 micromhos/cm, total dissolved solids 466 mg/l, total hardness 6 grains/gallon, iron 0.28 mg/l, sodium 150 mg/l and nitrate 0.6 mg/l. coliforms are less than 1/100ml and no fecal coliforms.
With the current filters they turn orange in color from whatever sediment it is. Every now and then the hot water does have an odor (I did change the anode in the water heater), changing the filter seems to help that.
The well is 90 feet deep, the pipe is PE into the house, PVC to the the softener and mostly CPVC throughout the house. There is some copper, but not a lot. There are outside hydrants (freeze proof) that branch off either at the top of the well or from the pipe from the well to the house. Pressure tank and switch in the basement.
Hopefully I've provided enough information. What I would like to find is a whole house filter that will replae the two Omni filters. If you can point me in to someplace I can get them online, that would be excellent. I can't seem to find anything local.