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My husband and I have been dealing with bad well water for a year and we have reached the end of our rope. We have really bad sulfur (50 ppm)! From what I am understanding from the various water treatment "specialists" I have had come in that is almost unheard of.
Here is the problem: a year ago we paid almost $8k to have a system installed that, as we were led to believe, would address our water issues. It consists of a hydrogen peroxide injection (Stenner pump) which then goes to two carbon filters/tanks and then passes to a water softener. It has worked intermittently over the past year but now the sulfur smell is back and it appears it is here to stay. There is a really long time between when we turn on a faucet and when the hydrogen peroxide pump kicks on...is this what is potentiallyl causing the problem- is this allowing untreated water through our pipes until the pump starts injecting the peroxide (35% peroxide)?
We have gotten 3 new proposals from other water treatment companies and they are all three proposing the same thing but very different from what we have installed. The problem is, we will have to go to court to get the company to pull out our existing equipment, even though it is very clear by the smell in our home that they have failed to give us a product that works! The new companies are all proposing a chlorination (pool chlorine) system (using Stenner pump) which leads to an aeration tank and then to a carbon filter/tank and finally to a water softener. How large should the retention tanks be? They have all three proposed different size tanks!
Does anyone out there have this high level of sulfur (not that I would ever wish this on anyone!)? If so, PLEASE let me know how you addressed it!
Thanks
TNTG
Here is the problem: a year ago we paid almost $8k to have a system installed that, as we were led to believe, would address our water issues. It consists of a hydrogen peroxide injection (Stenner pump) which then goes to two carbon filters/tanks and then passes to a water softener. It has worked intermittently over the past year but now the sulfur smell is back and it appears it is here to stay. There is a really long time between when we turn on a faucet and when the hydrogen peroxide pump kicks on...is this what is potentiallyl causing the problem- is this allowing untreated water through our pipes until the pump starts injecting the peroxide (35% peroxide)?
We have gotten 3 new proposals from other water treatment companies and they are all three proposing the same thing but very different from what we have installed. The problem is, we will have to go to court to get the company to pull out our existing equipment, even though it is very clear by the smell in our home that they have failed to give us a product that works! The new companies are all proposing a chlorination (pool chlorine) system (using Stenner pump) which leads to an aeration tank and then to a carbon filter/tank and finally to a water softener. How large should the retention tanks be? They have all three proposed different size tanks!
Does anyone out there have this high level of sulfur (not that I would ever wish this on anyone!)? If so, PLEASE let me know how you addressed it!
Thanks
TNTG