Hello,
I'm trying to help my parents clean up there water at their lake cabin. The biggest complaint is the Sulfur smell that is very strong when the water is first turned on. The smell never really goes away, but varies in intensity. I have had the water tested and here are the results:
Color: Clear
Odor: None
pH: 7.5
Iron: 1ppm
Manganese: 0.05ppm
Tannins: N.D.
TDS (total dissolved solids): 453ppm
Nitrate As N (NO3) <0.5ppm
Hardness (CaCO3): 26gpg
The test shows no sulfur present, but the smell is definitely there. I here we can chlorinate the well, but this sounds like guesswork to me. I want a system that will remove the iron, manganese, hardness, and the rotten egg smell. I'm looking for suggestions. There are a few companies that say they have what I need, but I don't know who to believe. There several different medias used and I don't know which ones are good and why. The prices of these systems is all over the board. I just want one that fixes our problem for a reasonable price and requires minimal maintenance.
I don't know off hand what kind of flow rates we get from the well, but I can run a gas powered pressure washer for 3 hours with no problems. When looking at filter performance specs treatment numbers and backwash numbers don't make sense to me.
Any help would be appreciated.
I'm trying to help my parents clean up there water at their lake cabin. The biggest complaint is the Sulfur smell that is very strong when the water is first turned on. The smell never really goes away, but varies in intensity. I have had the water tested and here are the results:
Color: Clear
Odor: None
pH: 7.5
Iron: 1ppm
Manganese: 0.05ppm
Tannins: N.D.
TDS (total dissolved solids): 453ppm
Nitrate As N (NO3) <0.5ppm
Hardness (CaCO3): 26gpg
The test shows no sulfur present, but the smell is definitely there. I here we can chlorinate the well, but this sounds like guesswork to me. I want a system that will remove the iron, manganese, hardness, and the rotten egg smell. I'm looking for suggestions. There are a few companies that say they have what I need, but I don't know who to believe. There several different medias used and I don't know which ones are good and why. The prices of these systems is all over the board. I just want one that fixes our problem for a reasonable price and requires minimal maintenance.
I don't know off hand what kind of flow rates we get from the well, but I can run a gas powered pressure washer for 3 hours with no problems. When looking at filter performance specs treatment numbers and backwash numbers don't make sense to me.
Any help would be appreciated.
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