Iron Filter recommendations?

[russianthistle]

We just bought a house and found, from our water test, that we have high (8.75 ppm) iron in our water. The iron is the only problem with our water. Otherwise, it is perfect...not hard and contains nothing else.

Does anyone out there have any recommendations on iron filtration systems?

I am not willing to "soften" the water as it is unneccessary (and I don't want to have to add salts of any sort to my water).

[she]

We have an iron issue as well, and a filter (came with the house). The filter doesn't help much - a little when the filter is freshly changed. The real problem is the source of the iron. There is a bacteria in the well at fault - a completely harmless and safe bacteria ITO consumption, it just makes rust. The way to get rid of it is to shock the well. We haven't done this yet, but will in the spring.

[russianthistle]

We "shocked" the well upon moving in. It removed the iron bacteria effectively. We were not yet living in here, so it was no big thing to be w/o water. I had more issues w/ pumping the diluted bleach/vinegar solution into my driveway.

We have no iron bacteria just high iron. We are looking into a system that will effectively remove the iron (we have soluble iron in our water).

[she]

I wouldn't bother with a cartridge type filter, they don't help much. When I was researching, there were a few types of permanent filters which *sounded* like they would do a better job. The prices are high, unfortunately. We found a brita does the job to remove the taste in drinking water, but that does nothing for the plumbing fixtures. My toilet is embarrassing.

[russianthistle]

This is what I was thinking. DP came home from Lowe's w/ a Whirlpool whole house filtration system the other day w/ the cartridges. I told him it needed to go back. I'm thinking we'll be going commercial for this. I'll return to let you know what I think of the system we actually choose (hopefully, we'll have it installed in the next week or two!). I'm sick of hauling drinking water, already...it's only been a week and a half!

[sarahwpen]

when i was a kid we had a well with iron water. we drank it and eventually got used to the taste. The dr always told my mom what great iron levels we kids had! i actually liked it better than other water after a while. the toilets, bathtubs, sinks, washing machines and white clothes never did seem to like it though. after about 6 years we did finally break down and got a water softener. It didn't really fix the problem, but it did help. The water tasted horrible with all that salt in it though, and wasn't really good for drinking anyway. My mom drank it without thinking about the salt the whole time she was pregnant with my brother, and wound up with really high blood pressure when she has had low blood pressure her whole life. Filters were a joke. There is no way to filter it out. i remember my dad saying that the only thing that would really fix it was to get a reverse osmosis type filter (i think that's what it was), but that was too expensive for us at the time.

[russianthistle]

Thanks for the input. I'm still wading through the quagmire of information out there.

We were quoted so far, for $3500 to treat our water from one guy with one system and $3000 for another. We have an appt. w/ another guy this week...and we'll probably make one or two more appts. with local businesses.

All of the information seems to conflict.

Basically, we have soluble and particulate iron (ferric and ferrous types) in concentration. We, perhaps, still have the iron bateria...We also have slightly acidic water (pH of 6.7).

The first guy recommended that we get a system that neutralizes the water, filters the iron, and chlorinates the water by form of electricity. The second guy said we should buy a magnesium green sand filter which deals w/ filtering the iron and killing the bacteria.

I have found similar products online. They are expensive too. I'm looking at possibly spending upwards of $2000 (not incl. installation!) to treat this problem! It's frustrating, but I am thinking that good water is a sound investment.

[schreiberwriter]

would love an update or PM on the brand you chose. Researching what to do with our hard well water.