Iron and Manganese in well water?

[Knots]

Just wanted to close the loop on this one. Didn't have time to do it myself, so I got one installed. I like this one because it uses "pure" salt - no detergents, etc.

Right now it's backwashing out the window (!) until I can get the dry well in. Man, that thing uses a lot of water during the back flush.

The softened and reduced iron water is soooooo much nicer. I can tell the difference in my skin after a shower (cue the old Palmolive commercial).

Thanks for everyone's input on this.

 

[Highbeam]

Just wanted to close the loop on this one. Didn't have time to do it myself, so I got one installed. I like this one because it uses "pure" salt - no detergents, etc.

Right now it's backwashing out the window (!) until I can get the dry well in. Man, that thing uses a lot of water during the back flush.

The softened and reduced iron water is soooooo much nicer. I can tell the difference in my skin after a shower (cue the old Palmolive commercial).

Thanks for everyone's input on this.

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So what do we have here? Looks like a water softener. My system's backwash water enters the downspout system and sumps out onto the lawn.

Is it removing the iron/mang staining problem? That is after you clean the stains, do they return?

 

[Knots]

This unit softens and removes the iron/manganese. It uses a fair amount of salt for each back flush (every 4 days). I worry about putting that much salt and iron oxide (or whatever) in my footing drain.

Toilets are clean again.