I live in a two bathroom house with two people. We are on a private well I had a water test done through national testing laboratories. I am very old-school, so I am not sure if I can attach a PDF of the results. I will attach a screenshot of what was found. I would like to have drinking water available, at least at one sink and much softer water. Any advice would be very welcome.
I am not sure where you live but here in the Northwest and I would assume after chatting with my colleagues that when it comes to water treatment for well water it is a different beast that the typical "city water" The reason for that is that there are many different variables that come into play to ensure that your resin is protected so that it can efficiently produce soft water. For instance I am on a well here in Spokane Washington, My water contains about 15 grains hardness, as well as Iron. Due to my iron contents I had iron bacteria that caused my last water softener to fail. What happens is the bacteria enters the softener and turned it into a new home for it to grow and multiply causing a orangish slime to build up, coat the resin, and caused my system to fail. The previous owner was treating the bacteria by blasting it with bleach, which was damaging the resin as well, manufactures warranty states that if chlorine is in the system beyond 2ppm without chorine removal prior to the system then it voids the manufactures warranty.
What I ended up going with was a whole house water softener by EcoWater with Ozone treatment prior to softener which ensures that bacteria will no longer be an issue for the rest of the time in my home, the system I went with has a lifetime warranty on the internals which is great, and my water is now 0 grains hard and going through 1 bag of salt every 3 months for a 3 bed 2 bath family of 4 and our doggo.
I have listed below a link to some information that was helpful to me in selecting a system I hope it helps you too! The guy on the phone at the local company was a great help and I am sure if you reached out they could provide you with some assistance as well, especially since you already have your well report.
I do however recommend getting a point source reverse osmosis system, you do have hard water which destroys the home and makes cleaning a pain, however the other contaminants such as your Nitrate are an indication of some other possible contaminants that are no good, I would recommend getting a reverse osmosis system to ensure the water you put directly in your body via drinking and cooking is the highest quality possible. EPA has no current regulations on some pretty nasty stuff that ends up in water, and with you being on a private well it means you are responsible for ensuring your water is healthy. I will include a link to the RO system I purchased as well that is NSF/ANSI rated for reduction of 99% + for 92 contaminants ranging from herbicides, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, Hope this helps and GOOD LUCK!!!
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Water Softener Information for Well Systems
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