dirty water


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Old 03-20-08, 06:34 AM
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dirty water

i have a water softener system , also a whole house filter. the filter has to be changed almost weekly because black sediment fills the filter housing. could this be from a bad calcite neutralizer?because that is the only thing before the whole house filter and i can't see that much sediment making it through the well pump. if it is the calcite neutralizer how can i fix it?
 
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Old 03-22-08, 07:48 AM
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Most likely, it is sediment. Calcite in the neutralizer tends to be white. You didn't mention if the neutralizer was backwashing. The colored stuff could be metals like iron or manganese oxidizing in the neutralizer and the neutralizer needing more frequent backwashes.
 
 

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