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03-14-2012, 02:58 AM
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Ro/di would be your best bet. My well is ultra high iron we run a vertex 100gpd. Di only lasts for about 700g if I'm lucky. Have your water tested so you know what your up against so you can find out exactly what you need to target.
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03-14-2012, 03:14 AM
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Do any of you have a softener system as well? Before RO or separate from?
I have high iron and a few silicates. There's so many oil pads around here and seismic lately that I feel like our well is going to collapse.
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03-14-2012, 03:28 AM
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What's your PPM? When I was out at an acreage our well water was ~800PPM. Even with a high pressure pump for the RO unit the membrane would only get it down to about 50ppm leaving me to burn through DI ridiculously fast. Something in the water was also causing major issues in the tank, if I didn't keep up with the DI it played hell with my system like you wouldn't believe.
I had always thought of using a second membrane in order to prolong the life of the DI, but we also suffered from a shallow well pump and would run out of water pretty quickly so that would also have been a non-starter. We installed a softener and that helped a little bit. In the end I found the water was too expensive - either trying to keep up with the DI burn or trucking RODI water in from the local water store... I ended up just shutting the tank down until we moved to town and started again. If you can afford it, check out a whole house system. Having nice clean, non-staining water out in the country is worth the pennies if you've got them!
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03-14-2012, 06:35 AM
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7-8PPM here in Burnaby in a 36 year old house. I haven't used my DI yet. The RO takes it down to zero on it's own and the filters aren't even showing signs of dirt yet since November/December. I too feel for all of you with such high PPM. But, hell, we pay taxes through the wazoo, so I guess it's a wash.
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