t4driller
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This is a municipal well we worked on. The pump went bad and had to pull it. That water is coming out of a 12 inch hole. Was not fun on a 15 degree day. It was about 500 gp m artesian flow.
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They have a pretty good rep around here. But I have a long history of getting hosed by contractors. My wife actually complemented on not going ballistic on them like I usually do. 
It was two days till Thanksgiving and we had a house full of people on the way so I just bit the bullet.
It was two days till Thanksgiving and we had a house full of people on the way so I just bit the bullet.
They have been thinking: Let him pull the pipe off the pump and we'll buy the kid a car for his graduation, with what we charge for getting the pump out.
t4driller. We have: Clear water iron at that well. We plan to install a water softener, I have an iron filter but I don't want to install that. We're hoping the softener which removes minerals will remove enough iron. What's you're thought?
Richard
Richard
t4driller
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That clear iron is some hard stuff to get rid of. Did you have it tested and how many ppm is it. We have put a chlorinated before the filter because chlorine turns the he clear into red iron then you can filter the red iron out. It's pretty hard to filter clear iron. Is this well for your drinking water or for other uses. Just trying to see if it's for you or cattle or horses cause there is different regulations on who or what is using it.
It's at a house we'll be renting out, it will be for the house and yard. Fellow over the rise, says, he uses a water softener and a filter. No, never tested for ppm.
Wifey said another neighbor uses a water softener also. I think we'll try just the softener first, they are intended to remove minerals.
Our ranch is just a mile from this place, but there is no iron in the water, what a difference a mile makes.
Richard
Wifey said another neighbor uses a water softener also. I think we'll try just the softener first, they are intended to remove minerals.
Our ranch is just a mile from this place, but there is no iron in the water, what a difference a mile makes.
Richard
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t4driller
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Around here they offer free water testing. You could take a sample before and after you put the conditioner in to see if it helped. Then you would know which direction to go. Having to chlorinated and add filters are if you have a real high ppm, I didn't know if this was your case or not. But I hope it does take care of it.
t4driller
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A easy homemade test is take a gallon of the water and put a tiny bit of bleach or chlorine in it and if the water has a reddish tint to it you know you got a high ppm. If not you should be good and the softener week take care of it.
I'll do that, test before and after. Water test are done at the college for $15.00. If the water sits overnight and doesn't turn redish that would be a good sign. The toilets get very stained with no treatment at all.
Richard
Thankyou!
Years ago I was building a house in the mountains and hand digging a well. The water table was 26', I was forming and concreting as I went and was down about 17'. Mom came and said " get out of that hole". "We didn't get you for nothing. " " Call a well driller." that well cost just $10 per foot, he had been drilling in the Central Valley for the farmers for $2 per foot, with a minimum I'm sure. The cost per foot to deepen this well was $60 per foot all up,with a minimum of 100'.
Richard
Thankyou!
Years ago I was building a house in the mountains and hand digging a well. The water table was 26', I was forming and concreting as I went and was down about 17'. Mom came and said " get out of that hole". "We didn't get you for nothing. " " Call a well driller." that well cost just $10 per foot, he had been drilling in the Central Valley for the farmers for $2 per foot, with a minimum I'm sure. The cost per foot to deepen this well was $60 per foot all up,with a minimum of 100'.
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Ashful
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Water softeners are not iron filters. Hardness is related to calcium and magnesium, not iron. Good grief. Test the water and see what you have. Softeners are capable of removing a small amount of iron but you will foul the media and spend more money than with a proper iron removal system. Chlorination and then filtration is ideal but other systems such as my manganese oxide iron filter work great without adding chlorine to the water.
Water softeners are the answer for hard water.
Water softeners are the answer for hard water.
Thankyou Highbeam, for taking the time and interest to answer. I think my post #34 answers your last post.
You said a tiny bit of chlorine in the water. How long should I wait? Does the test require a setting time or will I know as soon as I put the chlorine in?
Richard
You said a tiny bit of chlorine in the water. How long should I wait? Does the test require a setting time or will I know as soon as I put the chlorine in?
Richard
UPDATE: Softener In service,, set on #70. After two days water sitting in water closet bowl. Problem was CLEAR WATER IRON, Checked, the water
was no reddish color, no noticeable iron oxide in bowl. Thank God!
Richard
was no reddish color, no noticeable iron oxide in bowl. Thank God!
Richard
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