Single-Family Water Treatment System for Wells
Moving to the country comes with a variety of surprises for the former city-dweller or suburbanite. City or suburban homes have municipal services that deliver clean water to the home, while a country or rural home relies upon a well for its water supply. To obtain clean well water often requires a water treatment system.
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Reverse Osmosis System
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A reverse osmosis system works by applying pressure to water and thus forcing the bad constituents out of the water. RO systems waste up to 90 gallons of water for five gallons of treated water. Several states ban the dumping of RO effluent into onsite wastewater systems.
Ozone Systems
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Ozone systems work by injecting three electrically charged atoms of oxygen into the system, which rapidly turns back to oxygen. During this transition, the third oxygen atom acts as a free radical that oxidizes and adheres to iron, manganese, sulfides, bacteria and viruses. These are removed from water by passing through a small funnel, which creates a vacuum to suck out the oxidized items.
Filtration System
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A simple filtration system works by passing water through several tanks containing naturally occurring filtration media to remove minerals including iron, manganese, sulfur and sulfides from water. Electronic heads sit upon tall filtration tanks and are set to backwash filtration media at regular intervals. Filtration media is replaced upon yearly or every other year depending on water usage.
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