Radon water mitigation


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Old 09-10-15, 06:31 PM
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Radon water mitigation

Hello, I just purchased a home in southern NH and it has elevated levels of radon in the air and water. The air mitigation system seems pretty straight forward. The water on the other hand doesn't. There appears to be two options. A aeration system or a carbon/charcoal system. My question is will any inline carbon filters work to reduce the radon? They sell 300$-800$ filters at Lowes and home depot. At aeration unit seems to be more like 3-4k. Any info would be appreciated as I will be doing this myself.

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Old 09-11-15, 10:22 AM
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Isn't Radon in the water still just a gas that, once the water reaches the surface, and the gas isn't under any pressure, will slowly dissipate, so something like a storage reservoir with a ventilation system could do the trick . . . . if you have the room ?

I don''t see how a carbon filter could remove the compressed bubbles of gas.
 
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Old 09-11-15, 11:24 AM
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Hi Matt and welcome to the forum

I've never looked at removing radon from water so did a little reading. The link below does a good job of sorting out the two options. My comments would only be repeating what they have said.

What are your water radon readings? It seems that water born radon is not as much of a risk as air born.

Reducing Radon in Drinking Water — Water Quality — Penn State Extension

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Old 09-13-15, 06:47 PM
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Hey everyone thanks for the quick response's! The air was 7.3 and the water was 4.7.
 
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Old 09-13-15, 06:57 PM
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I'm confused. Reading the link I provided they seem to be using a different scale for defining the acceptable level for Radon in water. I'll quote:
"EPA and various states have recommended drinking water standards for radon in water ranging from 300 to 10,000 pCi/L but no standard currently exists. One study of radon in over 900 Pennsylvania water wells found that 78% exceeded 300 pCi/L, 52% exceeded 1,000 pCi/L and 10% exceeded 5,000 pCi/L."

Are they using a different method for reading your level in the water, ie your 4.7 reading vs their 300 and up.

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Old 09-13-15, 08:12 PM
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That's my bad, a typing error. The air is 7.3 but the water is 4700* sorry about that.
 
 

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