u/JeffDingo

Residential well water treatment plan - would love a professional opinion

Hi all! Would really appreciate some experienced eyes giving my home water treatment plan a once-over. All feedback appreciated.

We bought a rural property and got a lab test for organic and inorganic levels. Organic test came back with some non-e. coli bacteria (which was addressed by shocking the well), but since this is a seasonal property, we wanted the peace of mind of a UV filter.

But the hardness (366ppm/21gpg) and TDS (494ppm/29gpg) are very high and there's enough iron content (0.32ppm) that exceeds what a lot of UV filter manufacturers list as the upper limits of what the filter can handle. Full water tests are below.

One bathroom, 2 adults, 2 kids, standard appliance needs (washing machine, dishwasher).

Water Treatment Plan

Stage 1: 10" Big Blue with a 5 micron sediment filter for turbidity and large particles

Stage 2: Clack WS1 with 10% crosslink resin, 32k grain

Stage 3: Another 10" Big Blue with a 5 micron sediment filter (in case of resin leak when backwashing)

Stage 4: Viqua VH200

Water Analysis Results

  • Alkalinity (as CaCO3): 80 mg/L or 4.67 gpg
  • Chloride: 6.0 mg/L or 0.35 gpg
  • Colour: < 5 TCU
  • Conductivity: 696
  • Fluoride: 0.70 mg/L or 0.04 gpg
  • Nitrate + Nitrite (as N): 0.25 mg/L or 0.01 gpg
  • pH: 7.8 Units
  • r-Silica (SiO2): 7.6 mg/L or 0.44 gpg
  • Sulfate: 280 mg/L or 16.36 gpg
  • Total Organic Carbon: 0.6 mg/L or 0.04 gpg
  • Turbidity: 7.2 NTU

Calculated Parameters

  • Hardness (as CaCO3): 366 mg/L or 21.38 gpg
  • TDS (calc): 494 mg/L or 28.86 gpg
  • Saturation pH (5°C): 7.6 Units
  • Langelier Index (5°C): 0.15

Metals Analysis Results

  • Aluminum: 0.002 mg/L or 0.00012 gpg
  • Antimony: < 0.0001 mg/L or < 0.000006 gpg
  • Arsenic: 0.001 mg/L or 0.00006 gpg
  • Barium: 0.008 mg/L or 0.00047 gpg
  • Boron: 0.015 mg/L or 0.00088 gpg
  • Bromine: 0.02 mg/L or 0.00117 gpg
  • Cadmium: < 0.00001 mg/L or < 0.0000006 gpg
  • Calcium: 143 mg/L or 8.35 gpg
  • Chromium: < 0.001 mg/L or < 0.00006 gpg
  • Copper: 0.014 mg/L or 0.00082 gpg
  • Iron: 0.32 mg/L or 0.01869 gpg
  • Lead: 0.0001 mg/L or 0.000006 gpg
  • Lithium: 0.0023 mg/L or 0.00013 gpg
  • Magnesium: 2.13 mg/L or 0.12442 gpg
  • Manganese: 0.008 mg/L or 0.00047 gpg
  • Molybdenum: < 0.0001 mg/L or < 0.000006 gpg
  • Nickel: < 0.001 mg/L or < 0.00006 gpg
  • Phosphorous: < 0.02 mg/L or < 0.00117 gpg
  • Potassium: 1.01 mg/L or 0.05900 gpg
  • Selenium: < 0.001 mg/L or < 0.00006 gpg
  • Sodium: 3.86 mg/L or 0.22547 gpg
  • Strontium: 0.59 mg/L or 0.03446 gpg
  • Thallium: < 0.0001 mg/L or < 0.000006 gpg
  • Uranium: 0.0004 mg/L or 0.00002 gpg
  • Vanadium: 0.008 mg/L or 0.00047 gpg
  • Zinc: 0.016 mg/L or 0.00093 gpg

(I used AI to take the PDF test results and format the mg/L to gpg conversion. Sorry for any weirdness in how they display.)

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