Thanks for the correction. It will take Na2CO3, I'm thinking. Some sort of renewable set-up, don't know if it has to be backwashed or some such. If so, that in turn may overload my septic system. I think I need professional help on this one...
Amazing, my copper-testing kit from National Safety Products, ordered Friday, was here Monday. The results, in light of other data, are not surprising: Water in my pipes that has stood overnight was off the scale, >2ppm; water I ran in the kitchen for a couple of minutes was 0.4; and the...
I talked just now to the local health department that did my test, two years ago; the water sample was collected after a five-minute run, so it's ground water. They confirm that, with the very low alkalinity of my water, even a pH slightly above 7 would still be corrosive. So I'm looking at...
I don't know it enough folks are following this esoteric thread to welcome an interim report, but: I did order a copper testing kit, before bimr wrote me; and today I bought a spa pH kit, and just now measured the pH: I'm getting a reading below 6.8. That being the case, I suspect I know the...
Wonderful! That reference is really valuable. So, it looks like I'll need to take at least three samples to test for copper. Am I correct in thinking that "22mg/l hardness as CaCO3" means I have soft water? And pH = 7.1, combined with that, suggests a somewhat corrosive system, you said...
I'm not averse to getting the well water tested for copper, but a question: When I had my house water tested, two years ago (results above), the tester got the water from an outside hose bib; I was not here, but I assumed he would have let the water run before collecting a sample. Would I be...
OK, I took the concrete cap off my well, and inside, as I remembered, was a hose bib; on the threads, significantly (I think), was blue-green stain. I hooked up a hose, let it run five minutes or so, and then collected a five gallon bucket of water, to compare with an identical bucket obtained...
Now THAT is an excellent idea! The sample for analysis was, as you inferred, taken from an outside hose bib, but by then the water had been through a good run of plumbing, at least some of it copper. But if I recall, the pump has a bib on it, and I could fill up the telltale white plastic...
This suggestion will require some thought. Since my water is totally untreated now, I would have to add a system from scratch, at a cost to be determined. Might it be cheaper to replace the copper pipes?
The copper number seems low, but I feel sure the sample was taken after letting the...
I'm sorry--I didn't have the analysis at hand when I wrote originally; now I do. Here are the numbers:
Hardness: 22 mg/l
Copper: 0.12 mg/l
Alkalinity: 38mg/l
pH 7.1
TDS I don't have a value for.
The lab indicated no problems with the sample. As I said, there is no water softener. My own...
There's been one previous thread on this, but it was not dispositive, so I am trying for help. I live in Piedmont North Carolina, on a well: Unfiltered, untreated. It's been tested, none of the numbers out of whack, pH not low; but the water, when seen in a white five gallon bucket, has a...
