[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Re: Iron in water

[Lawrence Lile]

I'm in the same boat.  I may need to remove iron and hydrogen sulphide from my water.  Culligan says that the same filter they sell will work for both. 
 
Hydrogen sulphide can be caused by bacteria in the water digesting sulphates.  This does not make me very happy about the quality of the county water I am getting.  It goes away for a week if the county flushes the lines, then it comes back.  Yeech. I wish I had drilled my own well.  
 
--Lawrence Lile

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From: greenbuilding-bounces at listserv.repp.org on behalf of George J. Nesbitt
Sent: Sat 9/2/2006 9:24 PM
To: Greenbuilder list
Subject: [BULK] Re: [Greenbuilding] Iron in water



1. Who makes it?
    To remove excess Iron (if it is staining fixtures or causes metallic
taste) use a manganese sulphate/potassium filter or a manganese
greensand filter.
2. There is not such thing as an environmentally friendly water softener.
See the discussion on "Acidic Water" and "Reverse Osmosis" both were in
the past 2 months.
I highly recommend researching health and water quality issues at
www.healthywater.com


Debra Havill wrote:

>(1) Does anyone know anything about the iron-removing product for water softeners called "Crystal Clean?" It's advertised as organic, but that doesn't mean much of anything.
>  (2) Is there such a thing as an environmentally friendly 'salt' to use in wter softeners?
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