We just went throught this ourselves. There are not many filters that will take care of high iron content, expecially if you have sulfur also, like we did. Our iron is over 200 ppm at a ranch we just bought, and the water comes out so red, you cannot even see through an 8 oz glass of water.
I ended up taking out the water softener the people had on it before (it would foul with iron in about 2 hours and have to be replaced), and put in a McClean chemical free water filter. Cost about $550 from Grainger. Has a quote from a water expert and they wanted $2700 to fix the problem, using a neutralizer (the water was acid), a sediment filter, followed by a greensand filter. Turns out the McClean takes care of the ph, the sediment, the sulfur and the iron, all in one unit, and it doesn't require the potassium permanganate the greendsand unit everyone else sales does. Our water comes out crystal clear now, and taste almost sweet. http://www.macclean.com/chem-free.htm Marshall tj garland wrote: > I have a well that I want to make sure I get good water from in the > future. It is 50 ft. deep with a solar pump. I have 2 different > filters online before it enters the water softener. The water is high > iron with some sulfur. Cl causes the filters to stop up quickly with > Fe Cl(?). It also causes major stains on white clothes. I intend to > put some pure silver coins in the filters but they will probably > tarnish very quickly. What are the pros and cons of adding a gallon > of CS to the softener reservoir to daily wash the resin exchange > unit?BTW I found that a dacron fiber quilt batting is good for > removing iron when used as a filter element. What possible adverse > chemical reactions should I worry about? I have a degree in chem 1969 > but never used it except for gold refining. Vince? Brooks? > Thanks!!!Kevorkian For White House Physician. Jolly
