Hello world, I have a problem with my water softener system treating
our well water that is about 12-15 years old, at most.

This is an ecowater treatment system that has a yellowish tank with
model number 20114.22. (label also includes 33000 grains with 8.21
lbs of salt, pressure drop will not exceed 15psi at 9 G.P.M.) Several
months ago the water pressure in the house started dropping especially
upstairs; if anyone used water no one could take a shower upstairs. I
wondered if that was because of the well, but I didn't get a chance to
figure it out. Yesterday morning, we found good bit of water in the
basement. It was coming from the valve at the top of the ecowater
tank, just under the water intake line. There is an opening that
looks somewhat like a fuse equivalent of a water system. The valve
itself is black and made from plastic, I think. In the house there
are three valves to bypass the water treatment system, so I did bypass
the system. Now we have spectacular water pressure of untreated
water, even upstairs even when 3 other faucets are running. Next to
this tank there is another one labeled WELLEX-TROL by AMTROL model
WX-202. Salt tank is half full and it has been using good bit of salt.

At this point does anyone know what is wrong with this system? What
would it take to fix it? Is it possible to fix it without reducing
the water pressure and lastly is it possible to fix it without using
ecowater parts and dealers? I don't like giving the business back to
the ones that caused the problem, unless of course if this is not
their fault.

Any insight will be greatly appreciated.

-- A fellow in Central Pennsylvania currently drying his 3 handmade
carpets

There are several things that could be wrong. It is possible that your
distributor is clogged with debris and not allowing water to flow through or
you could have a cake buildup on top of your resin inside the tank (although
your backwash should free these up). Another possibility is you have scale
built up in the head that's not allowing the piston to move out of the way
completely. If this softener resin is 12-15 years old, it probably isn't any
good anyway and should be replaced (can be purchased at Sears or an
equivalent store). If you have a hardness test kit you can test the water
coming out of the tank right after a backwash, if it shows hardness the
resin should be changed. Also check the valves that isolate the softener to
make sure your problem isn't there. If this softener is worth keeping you
could rebuild the head unit and replace all the gaskets to stop leaks. If
not you might consider replacing the entire unit, it can cost around $800 to
$1000 in my area to do it yourself. It's up to you if you want to pull it
apart and check everything. Do your sinks have green stains in them? If so
you have acidic water that can be eating your gaskets as well as the pipes
in your house.

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Hello world, I have a problem with my water softener system treating
our well water that is about 12-15 years old, at most.

This is an ecowater treatment system that has a yellowish tank with
model number 20114.22. (label also includes 33000 grains with 8.21
lbs of salt, pressure drop will not exceed 15psi at 9 G.P.M.) Several
months ago the water pressure in the house started dropping especially
upstairs; if anyone used water no one could take a shower upstairs. I
wondered if that was because of the well, but I didn't get a chance to
figure it out. Yesterday morning, we found good bit of water in the
basement. It was coming from the valve at the top of the ecowater
tank, just under the water intake line. There is an opening that
looks somewhat like a fuse equivalent of a water system. The valve
itself is black and made from plastic, I think. In the house there
are three valves to bypass the water treatment system, so I did bypass
the system. Now we have spectacular water pressure of untreated
water, even upstairs even when 3 other faucets are running. Next to
this tank there is another one labeled WELLEX-TROL by AMTROL model
WX-202. Salt tank is half full and it has been using good bit of salt.

At this point does anyone know what is wrong with this system? What
would it take to fix it? Is it possible to fix it without reducing
the water pressure and lastly is it possible to fix it without using
ecowater parts and dealers? I don't like giving the business back to
the ones that caused the problem, unless of course if this is not
their fault.

Any insight will be greatly appreciated.

-- A fellow in Central Pennsylvania currently drying his 3 handmade
carpets