RODI Filter Array Reccomendation based on water report please?

[pblogic]

Gotcha, well then if there's no point to softening and the iron is in the pipes (I hope) and not dissolved in the water column I'll forget softening. I don't own this house and whole house softening is way too expensive anyway. I think better sediment filtration to protect the rest of the system is probably a better idea, along with more TDS meters to see when the resin starts to exhaust. I may be getting close to the best performance I can already but better sediment filtration may help, and removing the GAC because there are no chloramines so it's pointless... So what about these .2 and .35 micron sediment filters? I see different versions of them from a couple different shops. Are they going to make a difference? I might as well buy one because I need something with double gauges anyway to measure when to replace any sediment filter, fancy or not

 

[KStatefan]

I would change the polishing filter for drinking water to after the storage tank.

 

[pblogic]

That's not a bad idea. I'm thinking then a sediment filter before the membrane instead to catch anything from the carbon, then taste and odor after the tank, that's carbon as well so would it hurt to put a. Sediment after the carbon again?

Also... Any experience with these .2 and .35 micron sediment filters? Are they the same everywhere or is the spectrapure unique?

 

[Buckeye Hydro]

I would go with less expensive sediment filters - because you are going to use them to pull the iron our of solution, you'll probably be changing them often.

I think someone suggested it above - if you are looking for a low cost way of removing the iron - have you thought about aerating and then repressurizing?


If you are using good quality carbon blocks, no need for a sediment filter after them and before the membrane.
Russ

 

[pblogic]

Got a reply from water treatment manager. No iron in the water post treatment. No phosphates. The orange must just be pipe rust.

 

[pblogic]

Got a reply from water treatment manager. No iron in the water post treatment. No phosphates. The orange must just be pipe rust.

Posted that from the phone...

To update:

Water plant manager says there is no iron in the water, at all. He said that very low levels can sometimes be detected because the pipes in my area are iron, but that's it. For this next sediment filter I'll time how long it takes to get dirty and clogged.

Also, he said they do not put any phosphates in the water. Plus!