I would appreciate any help as I am investigating a solution for our neighborhood. We live in a neighborhood where everyone is on a well with homes on 1-1.5 acres of land. For our in house service almost everyone has some kind of water treatment system. The problem watering the lawns the water is high in iron and stains the sidewalks, sides of houses, fouls the solenoid valves on the irrigation system, etc. Of course the water softener companies want to put in a gigantic system on each house. I think this is a terrible solution because of the cost of salt, maint., putting salt on water. We will need to get everyone’s water tested. For comparison sake, our water is as follows: 12-13 GPM from our pump 7.5-8 Ph (Central Florida's aquifer percolates through limestone and I would expect everyone's water to be basic). 1 ppm of Iron, soluble Everyone runs their sprinklers about 6 hours 2-3 days per week in the summer. I've read about Berm, Pyrolox, MTM, and even a company that makes Terminox filters. Which would be best for our wells and application? I like the idea of a filter that backwashes and is fairly maintenance free. As an aside, how do I get the iron out of the irrigation pipes? Thanks in advance.

I recently moved into a new house that has a Fleck 5600 water softner. I had my water tested today and is it very hard at 28. The sofner sounds like it is working, but obvously not. I also noticed it is leaking under the control drive thing. I can tell exactly where the leak comes from. I have no experience in water softners. Any idea whats wrong? Should I get it repaired or replaced?