How can I put hauled water into my hot water tank

Great article Lee Joseph. I think this probably best describes Petes resolution to his issue. My swimming pool idea was basically the same thing and alot cheaper.. The tanks just as a swimming pool are open to atmosphere. So, Pete you can purchase an elaborate tank system or purchase a $30 dollar swimming pool, treat it and and throw a bubbler in it..

i did not take time to read the whole thread, sorry in advance, as im sure many have said just maintain your system right. its going to be a lot less work then hauling in water. I acutally find it fairly amuzing that you are willing to truck in water over just doing the maintenace. I think you mentioned the crystalizing of the soda ash being a problem. it is used to bring up the ph to make the iron removal process work. if soda ash is a problem then switch over to caustic soda solution, you'll need two injection pumps though. if you want easy and have some hardness in your water look into a sanitizer series filter you can get them to adjust the ph remove up to 15ppm iron and take out hardness. I would not reccomend using air injection on high iron water, as described in the article, cleaning out those tanks is a pain and you will have bacteria issues after. Also i would find out what media is being used to filter out the percipitated iron as there may be better choices.

Spend your time talking to the tech guy that sold you this monster [not the vendor, the mfg.] and make use of your investment.

And it certainly seems to me that iron could be removed by standard LOW micron filters - it must have a particle size. then use one of the systems to feed only the hot water, reducing medium use. Perhaps these low micron filters before your newly figured out treatment deal. You could perhaps do reverse osmosis at sinks - they are getting pretty cheap now.

http://www.filtersfast.com/P-Aries-...-20-3005.asp?gclid=CMO1gpOU6rECFWIaQgodsWcA2g

So they do make cartridge filters that require no tech to keep working. Find out how many gallons it will do - I would have a bank of cheapo 2$ filters feeding this guy.

http://www.filterwaterdirect.com/products/nsi0-98-iron-removal-filter

I would start with a very serious iron bacteria clean out of the well. I had a stinking, red iron well, and after 3 treatments 10 years ago with chlorine and recirculation down the well, my toilet tanks are fairly white again. See the stickies for method which is critical. well drillers bring in iron bacteria on their drill stems and can contaminate an otherwise good well.

ballvalve said:

And it certainly seems to me that iron could be removed by standard LOW micron filters

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in his original post he says he has "clear water iron" meaning iron in solution, this will not be removed by low micron filters.

This site says a simple softener can remove a lot of clear water iron:

http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/eh/wells/waterquality/iron.html

you can remove iron with a normal softener however to effectively remove it you would need some hardness as well, the higher the iron the higher the hardness needs to be.