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I posted a related topic here focused around large amounts of clay and cloudy water, this new post is focused around the cloudy water:
https://terrylove.com/forums/index....down-but-clogs-immediately.92497/#post-666920
I want to better understand what is in my water as I am stumped. For starters I purchased my home about a year ago and the well pump was replaced about a year before that, there has always been staining in toilets bowls and the washing machine agitator, not really anywhere else, I don't know if that's clay or iron or something else. I have sanitized my well twice over the past 12 months and do regular water tests with strips.
In addition to the staining another issue is occurring, and this is my primary concern. If I fill up a container with water, it's crystal clear nothing at all, when this water sits for 24 hours+ it will become hazy and develop this at the bottom. They clump together and are wispy and float around.
** same bottle on the left ( 24 hours old), middle is 12 hours old and right is sealed bottled water
To get a better idea of what is in my water here is a quick video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_CZIvAnRrPnd6X00jPFdLZl6tM9bHHcI/view?usp=sharing
What I'm confused by this the fact that all my water tests show no iron in the water, zero. Is that even what ferrous iron does? If not is that iron bacteria and if so, why does the test say there is none? Is it something else entirely? Are my test strips garbage?
** tested this morning
Any help would be apricated, is there anything other tests (besides a lab) I can do to narrow it down? On hand I have chlorine, bromine and 2 different metal chelating agents.
I am going to do a test, my refrigerator water filter seems to have some type of membrane or small micron filter, I am going to fill up a bottle and let it sit and see if it develops the same haziness and wispies at the bottom, I don't think it will, just from past experience, if it ends up staying clear then maybe this isn't dissolved iron in the water?
Daniel
https://terrylove.com/forums/index....down-but-clogs-immediately.92497/#post-666920
I want to better understand what is in my water as I am stumped. For starters I purchased my home about a year ago and the well pump was replaced about a year before that, there has always been staining in toilets bowls and the washing machine agitator, not really anywhere else, I don't know if that's clay or iron or something else. I have sanitized my well twice over the past 12 months and do regular water tests with strips.
In addition to the staining another issue is occurring, and this is my primary concern. If I fill up a container with water, it's crystal clear nothing at all, when this water sits for 24 hours+ it will become hazy and develop this at the bottom. They clump together and are wispy and float around.
** same bottle on the left ( 24 hours old), middle is 12 hours old and right is sealed bottled water
To get a better idea of what is in my water here is a quick video:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_CZIvAnRrPnd6X00jPFdLZl6tM9bHHcI/view?usp=sharing
What I'm confused by this the fact that all my water tests show no iron in the water, zero. Is that even what ferrous iron does? If not is that iron bacteria and if so, why does the test say there is none? Is it something else entirely? Are my test strips garbage?
** tested this morning
Any help would be apricated, is there anything other tests (besides a lab) I can do to narrow it down? On hand I have chlorine, bromine and 2 different metal chelating agents.
I am going to do a test, my refrigerator water filter seems to have some type of membrane or small micron filter, I am going to fill up a bottle and let it sit and see if it develops the same haziness and wispies at the bottom, I don't think it will, just from past experience, if it ends up staying clear then maybe this isn't dissolved iron in the water?
Daniel
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