Tizzle
New Member
I am in the process of building my own treatment system. I have a decent idea on what I need, but am looking for advice before making any purchases. New to the forum, and have spent countless hours on research(stopped counting after 20), and have a decent background in chemistry.
10GPM Flow
100-120GPD average use, about 200GPD on weekends
Following Results from a certified lab. I am aware they are incomplete for determining softener size, my friend works for a municipal water plant and this is what I got.
Chloride: 570 mg/L
Sulfate: 1470 mg/L
Alkalinity: 197 mg/L
Calcium: 560 mg/L
Iron: 18.02 mg/L
Turbidity: 11.3 NTU
HPC: MPN = 146
Measured pH on my own at 7.2-7.4
I do have H2S based on my nose, but have smelt much worse on other wells. I did shock my well prior to testing.
My plans: Peroxide injection > 120 Gallon settling tank with blowdown > Katalox Light > Softener.
Questions:
I am not sure how to size the Katalox system, My initial thought is 2, 12x52 tanks (4 cuft) plumbed in parallel or in series? is the 4 cuft overkill? My thought was to oversize the katalox system to remove as much iron as possible to keep stress off the softener due to the hardness. I would set the backwash at different times.
For the softener, I know I am missing magnesium (working on that), but 33GPG in calcium alone and extreme sulfate levels I am leaning towards a twin tank system, likely a 96,000 grain system. Is a twin tank system overkill?
Any help is greatly appreciated, I am more than competent to install and set up the system myself, just trying to save 5-8k from having a company install it. I am also a firm believer in not paying someone for something that I can capable of doing myself.
Thanks,
Tyler
10GPM Flow
100-120GPD average use, about 200GPD on weekends
Following Results from a certified lab. I am aware they are incomplete for determining softener size, my friend works for a municipal water plant and this is what I got.
Chloride: 570 mg/L
Sulfate: 1470 mg/L
Alkalinity: 197 mg/L
Calcium: 560 mg/L
Iron: 18.02 mg/L
Turbidity: 11.3 NTU
HPC: MPN = 146
Measured pH on my own at 7.2-7.4
I do have H2S based on my nose, but have smelt much worse on other wells. I did shock my well prior to testing.
My plans: Peroxide injection > 120 Gallon settling tank with blowdown > Katalox Light > Softener.
Questions:
I am not sure how to size the Katalox system, My initial thought is 2, 12x52 tanks (4 cuft) plumbed in parallel or in series? is the 4 cuft overkill? My thought was to oversize the katalox system to remove as much iron as possible to keep stress off the softener due to the hardness. I would set the backwash at different times.
For the softener, I know I am missing magnesium (working on that), but 33GPG in calcium alone and extreme sulfate levels I am leaning towards a twin tank system, likely a 96,000 grain system. Is a twin tank system overkill?
Any help is greatly appreciated, I am more than competent to install and set up the system myself, just trying to save 5-8k from having a company install it. I am also a firm believer in not paying someone for something that I can capable of doing myself.
Thanks,
Tyler