> 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>http://www.macclean.com/chem-free.htm > >Marshall
Our biggest problem here is tannins in the water. We can't drink it. Our kitchen dishcloth turns dark brown in just a few days. All my dishes turn brown. We use lots of Zud on the sinks. The drains get coated with a thick brown slime. It's horrible. No matter how deep a person puts a well down around here (we're next to Lake Superior) they never get past the tannin problem. Tannins are caused from rotting vegetation and at 400 feet around here they find cattails and rotting logs. It's incredible. We have iron too but you can't see it for all the tannins. Sharon -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
