Timeline for Choosing a well filter for household use
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| Jul 9, 2020 at 4:44 | comment | added | FreeMan | @user119584 sorry you feel that way and took that as a "threat". I was simply trying to point out the rules which indicate that shopping recommendations are off topic. If you don't like the rules, then maybe you should head off to a place where that isn't the rule. BTW- I did not vote to close, nor has anyone else. | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 20:53 | comment | added | user119584 | @FreeMan - Since your first post to this question was to threaten to have this question closed, I'll ask the site admin to delete the question and this account. People like you make it impossible on StackExchange for helpful people like Ecnerwal to help others. | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 11:48 | comment | added | FreeMan | Welcome to Home Improvement. A fair bit of this question falls into the "shopping recommendation" realm which is explicitly off-topic and puts the question at risk for being closed. @Ecnerwal has done a great job of answering the question you should have asked which is "how do I determine what level of water filtration I need?". Once you know that, you are armed to approach the various companies and tell them exactly what you need and won't fall into the trap of getting pushed into buying something you don't want. | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 11:23 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | When you have test results, you're then into the land of "various competing online water treatment companies" which are generally far more affordable than any "local option with a budget for sales people and installation folks they want to force you to use" and we are not supposed to help you choose one, but several of them are USA based and sell US-branded (some actually made, others probably made elsewhere) products, and do have some level of support (check the reviews, but also realize that when they stop selling something they probably don't support it much after that time.) | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 11:06 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | Getting the lab test results for minerals (iron, sulfides, other things you don't know about until you test) is a necessary step towards selecting a treatment option, as how you treat these things depends on what level they are at. i.e. low level iron can be solved with a water softener, but higher level iron requires a more dedicated (and expensive) solution. | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 11:04 | comment | added | Ecnerwal | You cannot test the water for "safe to drink" at home - that requires collecting a sample (following procedures carefully to not contaminate it with anything not from the well) and sending it to a laboratory (virtually all states have an official state lab for this service, which is normally/often the lowest cost option) for bacterial contamination testing. The location of the cows and septic is inappropriate, but not a guarantee of contamination if the well bore is properly sealed. You can pay for additional testing as well, and having tried "home test kits" I recommend paying the lab. | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 9:01 | comment | added | Solar Mike | Get the water tested as the other comment says. In fact some systems can be a simple carbon filter and a UV filter but it all depends on what the initial state of the water is and, of course, the demand rate you have. | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 8:55 | answer | added | fred_dot_u | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 8:46 | comment | added | ratchet freak | step one get your water analyzed, once know what the content of your water is you can select your filter and the maintenance required on it. If you are in an area with a lot of wells you should be able to find a local lab to do that for you. | |
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