Water filter for Well water…whole house?
Friday, October 23rd, 2009 at
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A pair of 20" cartridge filters in the 0.3 micron range should do it. The housings are up to $100, but thge replacement carts are a few bucks. Monitor the pressure drop across the filters to determine time to C/O carts.
You would only need UV if you were worried about bacteria in the water. Then ozone is better, I think.
If you have Culligan in your area they provide a water softening service and you don’t have to buy any equipment, salt, worry about maintenance or anything. They come out once a month and replace the filtration tank with a fresh one. I pay about $30.00 per month and think it’s well worth it.
here in louisiana we have plenty such wells,, I started with a $25 filter,, then the water table changed and I was getting cloudier water so I went to Lowes and bought a $60 filter and added it in line with the first one.. I used fine filters in the large one and then use a charcoal filter in the second one!! works great!!! sizes?? I’d say the first was about a quart sized and the second about a gallon sized globe!!
Contact Fallbrook Irrigation @ 760-723-9001 or irrigate@roadrunner.com ask for Jerry
Also try ultratecusa.com
ask for Augastine Pavel
I used to sell Rain Soft, but it’s out of your budget. You need to have your water tested by the county health department when it is cloudy or brown in order to find out what the contaminants are. Only then can a water treatment system be recommended. Sediment filters do not work for tannins, but a tannin filter may be overkill for your problem.
I wonder if your problem will clear up (no pun intended) when you separate the irrigation system to separate line. I’m assuming you don’t have a back flow regulator on the water line between where the irrigation T’s off. Could be your contamination is from the garden flowing back into the line where there’s a pressure drop in the system.. You might have some interesting stuff growing in your irrigation lines or sediment in the pipe or fittings.
Do put a hurry on separating them or put a backflow on the line going into the house.
You may be getting a back flush from the outside system. This should be separate from the house, at all time. When the pressure drops, it probably back flushes.
I would change the lines around and, you’ll see the differences I’m sure. I put a filter under the kitchen sink for our drinking water.
If your unsure of the water, it’s for your health. Have a well man come in and clean the well, it’s not that expensive and put in a new screen, this might be a problem also. Think about it.