r/WaterTreatment

Hello!

My husband and I just bought a house and immediately noticed a strong rotten egg smell. Because of this, we got in depth water testing done on our water - before our water softener in the house. We got some concerning results and are trying to figure out a realistic and affordable solution for our house. We have 2 people in the house right now, but are planning for kids and guests. We have 2 full bathrooms. We have been told 2x now by 2 separate companies that we will need a whole house RO system as we have high levels of lead and arsenic and that filters won’t clean up the water. We have cats the lick drains and faucets so we need every water point in the house to be safe for them (and future kids). I have attached some of our results and am hoping to get clarity on if filters will help us or if we really need to drop +$20k on a whole house RO system. Just having trouble understanding what these results mean and what is actually going to work!

Just got this installed in Philly Suburbs, how does it look? My drain didn’t have a clean out and he added one. He also added some supports for the water main line.

Specs:
Clack Softner 48,000 grains 1,5 cubic feet of 10% cross link resin valve is WS1

1 clack 10x54 1.5 cubic feet of catalytic carbon in out valve

I have treated my water with a water softener, Ultra violet light, 2 stage water filter and these where the tap score results.

Hi there, let me preface this by saying that I struggle with OCD and have a lot of anxiety surrounding food and drink, but especially drinking water. I recently moved to the middle of a large city and according to a couple databases, there are lots of contaminants, many over 100-200x the health guidelines. I have attached the image from EWG, but the tap water data website also showed arsenic (0.00285PPM).

As I live in an apartment, I would like to get an RO tap water system, but I am having trouble picking one. It seems that every time I think I’ve made a decision I find bad things about it.

I had been looking at the Waterdrop M6SL system, but I noticed it’s only NSF 58 certified and none of their counter top models are NSF 53 certified. I had also been looking at aquatru but didn’t love how they presented the certifications. I have scoured the Reddit for previous posts on this topic but still feel lost and scared.

I would appreciate any brand input! There are only two of us in the household, room temp is fine, and remineralization is a plus but not necessary.

I had two water specialist look at my water test at my house I just purchased and they both say they’ve never seen anything this high, 43.5 gpg. On top of that, trying to install a water softener in the house (slab home) will be a little difficult and costly (will possibly have to install a dry well for backwash drainage).

What are some things I can do to mitigate the hardness on my clothes and appliances, while I work to figure out a possible softener solution.

*EDIT* corrected lab results, Calcium is 299 mg/l, so it corresponds to the 747 MG/l hardness

Hey all,

In diagnosing a low water pressure problem when more than a few sinks/showers are on in the house, we concluded it's the water softner (comparing with bypass and without bypass). Results surprised me to be honest - anyway.
Even though it's not an old unit (6 years - from AFWFIlters), with the help of their support, decided it's the media gone bad, so I ordered more.
In the process of disassembling the unit and removing the media - I think the media is fine and it may be this black gunk in the head. The black stuff is kind of slimy/oily - I wish it was black gold, but it's not.
We have a Culligan whole house filter before the water softner and run 5micron carbon filters (Amazon - PUREPLUS 5 Micron 10" x 4.5") . Almost seems like carbon - only black thing I can think of.

Thoughts? Assuming I can tear this down a bit and clean?

Appreciate your time and any help.

I changed this filter about 2 months ago. Went to check on it this morning and there is this nasty black stuff in there. I’ve never seen it in there before. Any ideas?

Hello all… Any suggestions to fix this? I have Well water.

Water smells like metal/coins in the shower and I can taste it.

Current setup is a water boss 900. The water feels very slippery during showers so I think my softener is taking care of hardness well.

Treated water results
Hardness -0
Iron - Trace
TDS- 600 PPM
PH 7.2
Chlorine- 0
Sulfur- 0

Raw water tests
Hardness- 30gpg, 31.2
Iron-.5ppm, 1.1
Ferric 1.0
TDS -600ppm
Chlorine -0
Sulfur -0

Have replaced o rings, clips, and rotor parts. Assembly housimg or bypass valve next? Morton brand