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Iron in Water Solutions

One of the more common contaminants reported by residents of Groveland is iron. The EPA maximum allowable level for iron in water as a secondary contaminant is .3 parts per million and for manganese is .05 parts per million (or 50 ppb). These contaminants often show up together. Small amounts of these minerals can create very noticeable, even devastating affects on your home’s water quality. They can interfere with many cleaning tasks, including the laundry, washing dishes, showering, etc. Washing your hair may leave it feeling sticky and dull or even discolor it. Dishes and glasses get spotted and a film may build up on shower doors, bathtubs, sinks and faucets. Clothes can look dingy and feel rough and scratchy. Iron can also cause a residue to build-up in pipes that can lower water pressure.

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Dissolved Iron Staining

OTHER AFFECTS ON YOUR HOME

Iron can build-up inside your water using appliances. Some other affects include corrosion and scaling inside pipes and major staining throughout the home’s showers, bathtubs, and sinks. For those using their water for outside lawn irrigation, iron and manganese can cause major staining of outside walkways, house siding and anyplace the water touches. See the link at https://h2ocare.com/irrigation/.

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Water Softener & Sediment Filter

Water softening is effective in removing dissolved forms of iron & manganese and hardness minerals. To remove particulate forms, water filtration utilizing a cartridge filter with proper micron rating will be effective. Depending on the specific situation, this could require a series of filters with different size micron ratings to handle heavier levels in the water.  Selecting the appropriate micron rating and style of filter can be determined by a water treatment professional based on water test results and other symptoms.  For more on hard water, see hard water epa.

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Iron Build-up

A properly designed combination of water softening and sediment filtration can resolve even extremely high levels of iron in your water supply.

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H2O Care is an established, full service water filtration and testing organization originally formed in 1989 with offices in Middleton & Stow MA, and a service depot in Plymouth.  See our published articles in Water Technology Magazines at http://www.h2ocare/pub. Contact us at [email protected] or 800-539-1100.