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Hi. I'm kind of new to the whole water filtration scheme since until recently I've always lived in urban areas with good water sanitation. I am currently having a problem with iron and iron bacteria at my 1 bedroom unit in southwest China. I have been advised to do chlorine injection with retention tank, followed by a pyrolox filter.
The water company here is rather mysterious and doesn't like to provide much information, though I have been able to determine that they are using chlorine dioxide "CLO2" as a disinfectant. They must not be treating the water properly, else I wouldn't be having an iron bacteria problem. If I want to do chlorine injection using common household bleach, would it possibly have any bad reactions with byproducts of the chlorine dioxide?
I ran a few small water tests, but I am not sure how accurate or complete the data is.
Total Dissolved Solids 120ppm
0PPPM Residual Chlorine
80mg/L Alkalinity
PH 7.5
50mg/L Hardness (3 grains)
0PPM Nitrate
0PPM Nitrite
<1PPM IRON
0.7PPM COPPER
I am pretty certain that the iron contamination is coming from poor quality iron pipes used in the water distribution network (all the plumbing in my building is PVC). I am told the source of the water is from natural springs (this place is 7000ft above sea level). I want to make sure that I do everything properly to effectively eliminate the iron and iron bacteria which muck up all my appliances and laundry. Are there any objections or recommendations to the proposed configuration?
The water company here is rather mysterious and doesn't like to provide much information, though I have been able to determine that they are using chlorine dioxide "CLO2" as a disinfectant. They must not be treating the water properly, else I wouldn't be having an iron bacteria problem. If I want to do chlorine injection using common household bleach, would it possibly have any bad reactions with byproducts of the chlorine dioxide?
I ran a few small water tests, but I am not sure how accurate or complete the data is.
Total Dissolved Solids 120ppm
0PPPM Residual Chlorine
80mg/L Alkalinity
PH 7.5
50mg/L Hardness (3 grains)
0PPM Nitrate
0PPM Nitrite
<1PPM IRON
0.7PPM COPPER
I am pretty certain that the iron contamination is coming from poor quality iron pipes used in the water distribution network (all the plumbing in my building is PVC). I am told the source of the water is from natural springs (this place is 7000ft above sea level). I want to make sure that I do everything properly to effectively eliminate the iron and iron bacteria which muck up all my appliances and laundry. Are there any objections or recommendations to the proposed configuration?