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Since you have said that you have never done a Coliform bacteria test yourself, I guess you don't know that you must open the petri dish, or the presence/absence sample container to properly dispose...

Of course they did because as you have done on many forums, you are misrepresenting what you were told.

As you have done on many forums, you are misrepresenting what you were told. Actually I told you to smell the odor to be able to compare the odor to other odors found in ground water and possibly in...

I've not seen anything saying that ozone deactivates cysts or crypo but it may although chlorine does not.

Class B UV does not but it does deactivate all bacteria found in supposedly potable water...

Yellow is either ferric iron or tannin. Since your yellow precipitates to the bottom, it is ferric iron, tannins will not settle out of solution.

So how much ferrous iron and hardness do you have?...

I had a lady call me one morning saying her husband, 14 year old son and her were hospitalized Sat afternoon after getting very sick after eating out Friday night. She and their son were discharged...

Yep and we currently have a bunch of government employee candidates running around promising all types of things to the ilinformed among us that they say are good for us without a word of anything...

I have extensive experience in shocking wells to remediate Coliform bacteria contamination and for other types of bacteria caused problems.

It is rare to get rid of a bacteria problem by shocking...

You don't want a rope, they usually cause much more grief than not and when you go to use them, they tend to break easily. They attach off center and cock the pump when pulled. When they fall down...

The pump may not be sized to be able to be set deeper in the well.

There are 2-3 different manufacturers of tank replacement type in the well tank eliminators. Here's one but it won't fit a 6"...

There are ways to do away with the pump house and tank. Go to
http://www.terrylove.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=4 and search for info on that, or post asking how to do it.

Gary
Quality Water...

The slippery feeling of the water meant that the softener was working; there was less than 1 gpg of hardness in the water. Finding a softener there means the water is hard. Feeding a softener salt is...

No problem, you should know much more about it than I do.

Your 800-1000 gallons over 7.5 hours comes in at 1.7 to 2.2 gpm. The 300-500 is .666 to 1.1 gpm.

Poohbear you are forgetting total dynamic head, that includes the pressure loses in the plumbing with the water moving. The pressure losses vary with the pressure so we use the average pressure. I.E....

You are forgetting the storage capacity of the well. I.E. a 6" well has 1.47 gal/foot of water in it. If the pump is sized to pump from the depth it is set at in the well, you can plan on using all...

The level of hardness, 23.4 gpg, is not a problem for any correctly sized softener but... You need to know what is in the water causing such high TDS; like sulfates, chlorides, sodium, alkalinity...

For "RO filter" I get 29500 and for reverse osmosis system I get 1,400,000....

Gary
Quality Water Associates

Pat says: "... RO systems are frequently referred to as RO filters but... ".

I average 3-6 emails per day 7 days a week and on a 9.5 hrs /day 6 days/week basis, I talk to an average of 1-6...

Pat, you win the debate although I will continue to call an RO a reverse osmosis system and explain all the parts using the correct names for each component to all the folks I speak to.

Speedbump,...

Firstly guys... I said disposable cartridges.... are you including a membrane in that discription? I guess you will but... based on your calling an RO a "filter" because it removes things from water,...

True, I know of no commercial or otherwise, disposable cartridge to remove/reduce sodium or chlorides.

Egon, RO is a system of disposable cartridges and a membrane, and although you can sling...

Pat, you know of a disposable cartridge that will remove sodium and/or chlorides that are responsible for a "salty" taste? I'd like to know what is it.

Gary
Quality Water Associates

Any lab or water treatment dealer can do the tests. Although a dealer usually won't do a sodium test.

There are many types of treatment for odor but the odor has to be identified. Is it chemical...

ROs reduce TDS. Most RO membranes can handle up to 2000 ppm TDS. So they do not require low TDS water.

A TDS measurement before and after an RO tells you when to replace the membrane; that's when...

Hardness and iron are two separate things. Find a lab or water treatment dealer to do a hardness, iron and pH test at least. Then let us know what they find and say about it. Make sure a...