Advice? Well water

Test Alk and pH for an approximation. Ignore the colors below.

 

I have well water and the County (Cedar) came out to test it for me free of charge. Check out the county website, another option may be the university but they will probably charge. I have a whole house filter, nothing special just to catch the big stuff like sand but it is clean enough to drink. The TDK for the tap water is about 360. Then I run my RO/DI. I just changed the filters for the first time a few weeks back when my TDS got up to about 3, the original filters ran for about 1.5 years. Good luck.

 

If your water is high in minerals use a water softener to displace the minerals with salt. Salt is much easier on RO membranes than the minerals. And everything else for that matter. Water heatet, Dish washer, faucets, clothes, skin. Water softener

 

I had a post about that once before and was told to hook up before my softener. Unfortunately for me it'll have to go thru some copper pipe after my softener. Not sure how much piping would cause potential issue of leaching copper into the system

 

Very interesting. Fallowing the thread.

 

The copper piping will not be an issue. Over half of all residential underground lines are still ran in copper due to certain city codes. There is copper found in all aspects of any public water system. Your rodi will pull any residual traces.

 

Might have to see if I can move my connection then. Within 15 minutes after starting the system everything is dripping water since it's coming in so cold

 

I have well water here in Buchanan County my filters are after my water softener and the last 3 times longer than when I was using city water

 

Copper plumbing is amazing stuff. Copper is an anti microbial and prevents microbes from growing in the pipes. The best note with any plumbing. You only need to worry IF (1. minor) you disturb the pipes. Tap, or connect or fix. (2. Major) your water is acidic say 6.5 or under. In Iowa we have so much limestone you should be 7.5 or so. So, what happens when the water is acidic? It pulls the metals into the water. Copper and for your old systems lead. The good news for your fish is your using RO water. Bad news for you if you don't filter.

Water softening. I have read that using softened water is better for your RO due to removing the minerals as the salt is easier on the RO membrane. Anyone else have experience with this? I run post softener and was at 4ppm Sunday and 0 ppm last night, no DI resin.

 

mine is post water softener also.