Butlercreek
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We have a low flow well, about 3GPM that pumps into a 2400 gallon cistern with level switches to control the well pump. From the cistern we draw water with a variable speed 10 GPM pump with small pressure tank that feeds the house. Currently have a water softener in the house. The water has a pH of 7.7, hardness of 11 grains and iron content of 4.5 ppm. We also seem to have the iron reducing bacteria. The question is how to get rid of it?
First way I was thinking was to use an ozone injecting iron filter after the pressure tank with katalox light. I am assuming this would work, but would this not allow bacterial buildup to continue in the cistern? Any recommendations here?
The second way that I can see is to inject ozone directly into the cistern, maybe with a bubbler system like those from Triple O. The large volume of the cistern would give long contact times for disinfecting and maybe to also settle out resulting sediment. Would this work, and what if any post filtering would I need in the house, maybe just a katalox light filter? Should the ozone generator only run while water is being pumped into the cistern or continuously?
Is there another method we should consider such as chlorine injection into the cistern, and if so what type of system and what type of filtering?
First way I was thinking was to use an ozone injecting iron filter after the pressure tank with katalox light. I am assuming this would work, but would this not allow bacterial buildup to continue in the cistern? Any recommendations here?
The second way that I can see is to inject ozone directly into the cistern, maybe with a bubbler system like those from Triple O. The large volume of the cistern would give long contact times for disinfecting and maybe to also settle out resulting sediment. Would this work, and what if any post filtering would I need in the house, maybe just a katalox light filter? Should the ozone generator only run while water is being pumped into the cistern or continuously?
Is there another method we should consider such as chlorine injection into the cistern, and if so what type of system and what type of filtering?
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