I am about to retire and bought a house in R.I. .The water test on the new home's well came back with a turbitity of 16 with Allowable Limits of 5.0 NTU, and color as 40 with an allowable limit of 15. We ojected to these numbers. The home has a water softener that was dry, no salt for months
The owner had the system serviced and the second test (not the same lab ) came back as turbitity results 0.30 with the (MCL=EPA Maximum Contaimination Level as no Limit). I am going to have the first lab rerun another sample so I get the same reporting numbers. The second color numbers were 1, with a MCL of 15.0 CU.
During closing I had $1000.00 held for retest and filters if needed, but the numbers seemed to have gone down considerably (if they were using the same scale ). What scares me is the second tester recommends an 24 GPD (Gallons Per Day) RO unit for $442.40. This sounds like a sink unit, what ever I do I want a whole house fix, not just one sink. Another point that does not sit well is the testing agency trying to sell me the equipment to fix the problem. Is this normal in the home well water treatment business..?
This is my first house with a well, am I heading in the right direction with the RO unit or will just filtering clear up the turbitity....??
The owner had the system serviced and the second test (not the same lab ) came back as turbitity results 0.30 with the (MCL=EPA Maximum Contaimination Level as no Limit). I am going to have the first lab rerun another sample so I get the same reporting numbers. The second color numbers were 1, with a MCL of 15.0 CU.
During closing I had $1000.00 held for retest and filters if needed, but the numbers seemed to have gone down considerably (if they were using the same scale ). What scares me is the second tester recommends an 24 GPD (Gallons Per Day) RO unit for $442.40. This sounds like a sink unit, what ever I do I want a whole house fix, not just one sink. Another point that does not sit well is the testing agency trying to sell me the equipment to fix the problem. Is this normal in the home well water treatment business..?
This is my first house with a well, am I heading in the right direction with the RO unit or will just filtering clear up the turbitity....??
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