Well Water can pose its own issues and concerns.
With well water, issues such as; iron, manganese, high sodium levels, high fluoride levels, high trace metals such as cadmium and lithium can be found. You can also find H2S gas, sulfate reducing bacteria and iron-related bacteria. An even bigger issue tends to be fecal or e.coli bacteria present.
Common Solutions to help with Problem Water:
When it comes to City water, your solution to hard water is to install a Water Softener. This will work by replacing the non-toxic hard minerals with sodium or potassium. A water softener will replace the non-toxic hard minerals with sodium or potassium.
Well water can be more tricky, each well is different than the other one and it really should be a custom-made package according to your water quality and the needs that you need within your home. A water analysis should be completed by a trained professional who is able to understand the water chemistry. Once you start to apply equipment, you’re looking at things that can come into play like high sulfides and chloride levels that can interfere with certain media that lead to common problems such as of iron.
There are a lot of rules that come into play when you treat water!
Contact EcoWater Calgary today for further information!!