Hello All,
I've been battling bad water for some time. Lots of rust and bacteria and high lead and arsenic levels. I bought this house about 4 years ago and some change. Copper pipes were end of life - You could squeeze them with your fingers, and they'd pinch. Luckily a pinhole leak happened in the well room that prompted me to take action and rip it all out. Also wanted to relocate/upgrade the water softener and filters. Shortly before that the water pump failed as well. Was replaced and well was "shocked" had some PEX-a in place hopefully that didn't do anything to it. Water was always rusty even after the shock. Three months later I tried to shock it myself with little success. 5 days later rust was back.
I replaced everything with PEX-a. Correct me if I'm wrong but, going PEX route might have been the wrong way to go as from what I've read is PEX doesn't like to be oxidized/UVed. When I shocked the well after I installed the PEX, it might not have been a good idea. All that aside - the well was drilled and placed back in 1991. I've attached images of tests and well information.
I have 1 large iSpring spindown filter added as an afterthought and is after my pressure tank so, it isn't helping the pressure tank out. There is no drain in the well room it's on the other side of the house from utility room. Then from there are two 10nch whole house filters from the local bigbox hardware store (pleated charcoal) and that eventually leads to my Rheem water softener. The well room is small and can't fit much else other than pressure tank. Utility/mechanical/laundry room is also mostly full at this point.
Alrighty then - My questions are:
How can I do UV with PEX-a? Should I even do UV?
Peroxide injection bad for PEX-a and not an option?
Are there ways to shock the well without damaging the PEX-a and without chlorination?
I know Greensand is frowned on but, Menards has those Waterboss hole house iron filter systems about the only thing that could fit in the well room. However, I don't have anywhere to drain/flush it to. Would that be a good option if I could make it work?
Ceramic filters maybe? I don't know much about those.
Should my well be drilled deeper maybe that's the problem? Couple neighbors are down 170-210 feet and some are only down 60-80 feet. I'm at 140 feet at the moment. Pump is down 40 feet.
I'd appreciate any help that could be provided. Thank you!
I also posted this in reddit r/watertreatment but had not traction there.
I've been battling bad water for some time. Lots of rust and bacteria and high lead and arsenic levels. I bought this house about 4 years ago and some change. Copper pipes were end of life - You could squeeze them with your fingers, and they'd pinch. Luckily a pinhole leak happened in the well room that prompted me to take action and rip it all out. Also wanted to relocate/upgrade the water softener and filters. Shortly before that the water pump failed as well. Was replaced and well was "shocked" had some PEX-a in place hopefully that didn't do anything to it. Water was always rusty even after the shock. Three months later I tried to shock it myself with little success. 5 days later rust was back.
I replaced everything with PEX-a. Correct me if I'm wrong but, going PEX route might have been the wrong way to go as from what I've read is PEX doesn't like to be oxidized/UVed. When I shocked the well after I installed the PEX, it might not have been a good idea. All that aside - the well was drilled and placed back in 1991. I've attached images of tests and well information.
I have 1 large iSpring spindown filter added as an afterthought and is after my pressure tank so, it isn't helping the pressure tank out. There is no drain in the well room it's on the other side of the house from utility room. Then from there are two 10nch whole house filters from the local bigbox hardware store (pleated charcoal) and that eventually leads to my Rheem water softener. The well room is small and can't fit much else other than pressure tank. Utility/mechanical/laundry room is also mostly full at this point.
Alrighty then - My questions are:
How can I do UV with PEX-a? Should I even do UV?
Peroxide injection bad for PEX-a and not an option?
Are there ways to shock the well without damaging the PEX-a and without chlorination?
I know Greensand is frowned on but, Menards has those Waterboss hole house iron filter systems about the only thing that could fit in the well room. However, I don't have anywhere to drain/flush it to. Would that be a good option if I could make it work?
Ceramic filters maybe? I don't know much about those.
Should my well be drilled deeper maybe that's the problem? Couple neighbors are down 170-210 feet and some are only down 60-80 feet. I'm at 140 feet at the moment. Pump is down 40 feet.
I'd appreciate any help that could be provided. Thank you!
I also posted this in reddit r/watertreatment but had not traction there.