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My mother has minor water quality problems from her well: a small amount of sediment, occasional minor sulfur smell in the cold water, and about 5 GPG hardness. No iron detected when she had it tested, but she does get slight iron staining on occasion. Probably not a justification for an iron filter, especially if a softener gets installed.
First I would like to address the sediment and occasional sulfur smell. I am thinking this would be done for both inside and hose bib water and located in the well shed. A one-tank solution would be ideal. Is this realistic - would a single catalytic carbon tank do the trick? I know carbon is not the ideal, most powerful media for sediment OR sulfur, but does an OK job on either especially if the problem is not that great. Also would like to consider the use of a softener/greensand valve to allow occasional disinfection of the carbon by drawing in chlorine during the "brine" cycle. She currently has several BB filters in parallel that sometimes grow algae and get restricted over time.
Given the modest scale of the problem I am hoping to forgo a dedicated sediment filter tank, chlorine injection, contact tank and THEN carbon tank.
Thoughts?
First I would like to address the sediment and occasional sulfur smell. I am thinking this would be done for both inside and hose bib water and located in the well shed. A one-tank solution would be ideal. Is this realistic - would a single catalytic carbon tank do the trick? I know carbon is not the ideal, most powerful media for sediment OR sulfur, but does an OK job on either especially if the problem is not that great. Also would like to consider the use of a softener/greensand valve to allow occasional disinfection of the carbon by drawing in chlorine during the "brine" cycle. She currently has several BB filters in parallel that sometimes grow algae and get restricted over time.
Given the modest scale of the problem I am hoping to forgo a dedicated sediment filter tank, chlorine injection, contact tank and THEN carbon tank.
Thoughts?
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