My well water is highly corrosive. It has destroyed 3 pressure tanks in two years and has caused numerous leaks in the system. I am using a slow sand filter. The well supplies the water used for irrigation on our property too. We consume roughly 15,000 gallons of water a day from that well.
Does anyone know a good system to handle that high a volume of water? Thanks

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Is it true that the Poop water from your house gets recyclede and turns into your drinking water? Cuz my friend said that it does….But I thought it gets recylced into water that is for irrigation, and to water your yard, thats why i have never been able to drink the water outside of my house.

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I’m planning a garden for NEXT spring and was wondering about irrigation….Would using the extra water from the hose require me to put MORE softener salt and iron out into my salt tank each month?
Gardeners and Plumbers opinions welcome.

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We hear a lot about CO2 being added to the atmosphere via combustion of fossil fuels and the negative effects of that. What about the release of water via combustion. Does combustion vapor affect weather, climate change, ocean levels, etc.? In addition, we are releasing a great deal of water into the atmosphere by removing ground water for consumption and irrigation.

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We have a well that produces good water, but at different times of the year, the water becomes cloudy, brown, etc. The well is nowhere near the septic tank, of course, so any filtering system that contains a backflush process is out of the question…nowhere for the waste water to go.

The system has a pressure pump (set to 55 PSI) and a large accumulator tank. From there, the 2" pipe goes to irrigation and to the house. I know I’ll have to re-plumb most of that to separate the outside from the house water. What kind of filter do I need? There are only 2 of us, so our use isn’t huge. I just want to keep the discoloration and scale down. This is Oregon and the water is fairly good. We will continue to use either Brita or a filter for the drinking water. There seems to be a very wide range of products from to well over 00. I just want to find something that works. Not sure if I need to worry about UV??? Thanks
I’ve used Culligan elsewhere. Overpriced to say the least, but that system requires backflush…where the flushing water must go into a septic tank/sewer…which is not accessible.

County doesn’t provide a testing service here…
The output of the pump and accumulator goes directly into the concrete of the well-house. Two pipes…one for irrigation and one for the house. They are connected with no backflow device as they are inside the building. Pipe now goes to a valve then Ts to the house line (in concrete) and to a 2nd valve that Ts to the irrigation line (in concrete) and to a faucet attached to the outside.

I need to re-plumb so I have more control (to turn off house but leave on irrigation, etc), and I can figure that out…but where and how and what sort of backflush relief can I get…and I don’t want the released water to fall inside the wellhouse. Any links to what I need to buy/do? Thanks…backflush is clearly a concern now..

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LANDFILLS AND COPORATE RUN OFF FROM FACTORIES ARE POLLUTING THE WATER SUPPLY ALONG WITH CHEMICAL FARMING. Well, whats your thoughts for a beginning to clean it up and stop the waste ? Also billions of gallons of water used on golf courses that keep reproducing and sports areas. The Southwest states that have to have New England yards instead of native plants that don’t need irrigation. Tell me your thoughts ? Don’t forget the big bathes with rivers for showers people want to go down the drain.

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