On Jul 17, 7:13*pm, bobmct wrote:
Living in east central CT I have both a deep well and a septic system.
Many decades ago I had my water analyzed which showed considerable
levels of iron in it. *As a result I had installed an "exchange tank"
that each month has to have a vendor come in and exchange the tank
with another containing new chemicals. * *I am assuming the chemicals
might be a salt based substance (just a guess).

The cost of this service has gone up and up over the past decades to
the point where I am looking for an alternative that "might" be less
dependent on an outside vendor and hopefully less expensive to
support. *BTW - I also have a whole house odor filter that I replace
every couple of months.

From those of you with similar water issues, what have you done to
solve the iron and/or odor problems on your systems? * Remember, I
believe I'm not supposed to backwash a treatment/softener system into
the septic (so I'm told).

All suggestions/recommendations/ideas GREATLY appreciated.

Bob

We use a home brew system that starts with a huge (about 3 gallon)
sand filter I bought off of Ebay $75 I think, It was intended for use
in the oil service industry (yes it was new). I use a powered ball
valve on the purge fitting & control it with a sprinkler timer. We
just sprinkle the purge on the garden/orchard. I didn't include a
check valve, so the purge also back flushes the holding tanks
partially. The final step is just a manifold with 4 normal whole house
filters in pairs which last about a month on the primarys and about 3
months on the secondary's, I buy the cheapest filters they sell. I
suspect the initial cost was $100 - $300 hard to be accurate as I
picked up stuff as I found it, a little thrift store, a little Ebay,
Home Depot sale rack, etc. The results are good, the water is pure, no
clogged sink aerators, no junk in the toilet tanks, good taste. I do
ahve to manually add a little chlorine to one of the filters every
3-4 months, or it picks up a sulfur smell, & I'm working on automating
that. My operating cost is less than $10 per month