We are on a well, and the water is fairly pure, with a moderate
amount of disolved solids. It smells and tastes great; some of the
best water any of us has ever had. We had it tested last year, and
the only comment was that it was slightly alkaline, but within the
acceptable range.
However, when we bought the home, the water storage was a large
5,000 gallon redwood pickle barrel (or so we were told). The lid
was "almost" open, as you could peek in through the slats. The
upper parts of the staves were starting to rot because they spent
a large amount of time drying out. If the water wasn't all the way
up, they would dry and shrink. I had a once-a-week task of
chinking the staves with clay-infused rope.
As soon as we had the funds, we replaced that tank with a pair of HDPE tanks. I knew we were dodging a bullet to some extent because when we took it apart, we found frogs living in it. Nothing against frogs, but I didn't particularly like drinking frog poop. On the other hand, if the frogs liked it, what was my problem?
We did have a 50-micron filter that we had been advised to replace every 2-3 months.
Since we changed tanks, we also got rid of the filter, as it never had anything in it. At first we stretched out the filter swap to very 6 months, then once a year. After changing it after a year and finding it clean, we decided we didn't need it.
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I grew up literally drinking from stagnant ponds the cattle were wading in and drinking from.Be out hiking or riding a horse or whatever and I drank from any source that was not terribly muddy. Mountain streams, anything. Getting a bug from bad water was not a thing in my universe.Our house had a “seep well”. Just a pit about 10 foot cubed in a spot that water would develop. We would pump it up to a reservoir 3 hours a day because that is all it could produce without recharging. According to some guvmnt official that came to test it one time it was not potable. But we put it in all the pots.The reservoir required weekly skimming of dead squirrels, mice etc. Long bamboo pole with a strainer on the end.Never once got any bug or upset from any of these water sources. I figured the animals drank from them and I am an animal. Just skim the algae and bugs from the surface and get a drink. My mom was born in 1919 and grew up barefoot in dirt floor gold mining camps. She taught me how to get along in the wild. All kinds of things to eat.Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2021 2:54 PMSubject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Water conditioning systemsGenerally well water should be safe, but not necessarily pleasant, to drink without any sterilization or purification. Why they need chlorine in city systems is that often the water is coming from a semi-questionable source, for instance out of a lake or a river.For drinking water we have one of the ispring branded filter systems. For example: https://www.amazon.com/iSpring-RCC7AK-Capacity-Drinking-Remineralization/dp/B005LJ8EXU . I also bought like the 2-3 year filtration kit at the same time. We have it under the kitchen sink and it is also plumbed to the ice maker in the fridge so the ice is filtered as well. If it failed, I'd buy another one without any hesitation.They have different number of stages systems, and if I remember correctly some of the smaller stage systems have different options for the stages depending on the water conditions you're trying to resolve.I would recommend getting the water tested, first, if you haven't already done so. Generally you will take a sample before any filtration and send it off to a lab which will tell you what is in the water. It will also let you know if anything bad is in the water...On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 12:18 PM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
Moving to a house with well water. It's actually my parents old house
where I grew up so I'm very familiar with the water there. Currently
spoiled by nice, clean municipal water. That house has very high iron
and manganese levels. Definitely also have hydrogen sulfide because you
can smell and taste it.
There's already a salt water softener and that helps quite a bit, but
I'm looking at other some of these filter systems to put inline as
well. Wondering if this crowd has opinions or preferred brands for that
stuff. All 2c opinions are welcome.
I'm also not sure about UV sterilization vs a chlorine injector system.
Seems like the UV is less maintenance because all you do is change the
bulb once a year, but IDK it's my first time looking at this stuff. Any
opinions on that?
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