Wellmate
New Member
I have iron in my well water (9ppm). I have a iron filter followed by a water softener. The iron filter regens (backwashes) nightly and the softener regens once every 4 days (roughly 500 gallons between regens). My problem is, after the softener regenerates, I have yellow tinted water that comes into the house. If I run 20-30 gallons thru the household faucet..... the yellow water clears up and flows crystal clear for the remainder of the 4 days. I have increased the backwash times and the rapid rinse times on my softener but nothing seems to help. I originally thought..... if I increased the rapid rinse time to equal the 20-30 gallons I had to run thru the faucet after the softener regen, the problem would go away (without having to run water thru the faucet). But nothing, other than running 20-30 gallons thru the faucet seems to help. It's not that big of a deal, having to run 20-30 gallons thru the tap..but I thought I would pose the questions to everyone to see what you think. I use standard salt and Super Iron-Out powder mixed with the salt. Any ideas?