Hydrocynus
New Member
Hello, I am in South Florida and I get my water from the sandstone aquifer at about 95 feet. I have a system that I use now for 6 months. It was installed professionally and consists of an air drawn system (10X54 air injected), 1.35 ft^3 of Calgon Centaur catalytic with 5 pounds of KDF-85 followed by a water softener. The softener gets cleaned by back flushing every other day and my air drawn filter gets cleaned every day between 1 and 4am.
I still get some iron deposits and a very light smell of sulfur (will analyze). My water has no ferrous iron per analysis. It is hard water and has 2.4ppm of sulfides. TDS is about 480-750 ppm depending on the season. I use the green back for the salts in my softener.
The water treated reacts with SOS cleaning pads creating a black smoke reaction in the water and black stains. This reaction does not happen when I use untreated well water or RO water. So, it is coming from my filtration system.
To address the sulfides, I would like to add an aeration tank with solenoid valves and sprinklers. I am thinking using this tank AFTER the softener to i) get rid of the remainder of the sulfides and ii) be able to use water during the blackout period from 1 am to 4 am.
Let me know. I want to stay away from whole house RO.
Cheers to all.
I still get some iron deposits and a very light smell of sulfur (will analyze). My water has no ferrous iron per analysis. It is hard water and has 2.4ppm of sulfides. TDS is about 480-750 ppm depending on the season. I use the green back for the salts in my softener.
The water treated reacts with SOS cleaning pads creating a black smoke reaction in the water and black stains. This reaction does not happen when I use untreated well water or RO water. So, it is coming from my filtration system.
To address the sulfides, I would like to add an aeration tank with solenoid valves and sprinklers. I am thinking using this tank AFTER the softener to i) get rid of the remainder of the sulfides and ii) be able to use water during the blackout period from 1 am to 4 am.
Let me know. I want to stay away from whole house RO.
Cheers to all.