Possible Numbers: Hardness: 16 Iron: < 0.5ppm pH: 7.0 Water has a slight yellow color. There is somewhat of a sulfur smell with hot water, never with cold water. I have seen a great deal of information on this site and I think I have some good knowledge to base my questions on, so bear with me. We had our water tested by two water companies in our area. Without a doubt we have seriously hard water, I believe one gentlemen said we have a rating of 16 for hardness. This finding was not surprising seeing as we see plenty of scaling and buildup on fixtures. What was surprising is that one person showed us that we had iron bacteria (he did the toilet tank test) and that we needed a chlorination device inline with a water softener. The other guy (Kinetico Rep) didn't seem to take notice of the iron bacteria; he just stated that we have iron in the water. Although when he did his iron test it showed <0.5ppm. My questions are: Do we need to chlorinate our water? If so, do we add a dechlorinator or just let our filter system take care of it? Also, if we do chlorinate and use the Kinetico 2060S with out a dechlorinator how will the resin in the filter hold up. Thanks for any help you can provide. James

I am getting ready to connect my well to the house for my water supply. I am on a local utility service now. I am getting ready to have my the water tested by DHEC to make sure it is not contaminated. It is a 260 ft. deep well in granite. What kind of filter do I need to use. Just a regular whole house filter good enough? Do I need a prefilter for sediment and then another after that for more filtration? Thanks.