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| Water pressure/Sediment issue | 11/19/2009 | Steve Young |
Q: Steve, I have been dealing with well issues since moving into my house in 2002. My builder had a ...
A: Yes, I have heard of them. There is a company called Lakos which makes sand separators. Here is ...
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| rotten egg smell | 11/19/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: we are on a well and the cold water in the kitchen sink is the only fawcet that has the rotten egg ...
A: The first thing to realize is that IF you are having a problem at one faucet ONLY, the problem isn't ...
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| NEWLY DUG WELL WATER | 11/18/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: How can well water be tested for salt without the test kit?
A: There are a couple of ways to tell if there is salt in your water.Neither of them are rocket ...
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| Sediment | 11/17/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: We have a problem with sediment in our 5 yr.-old well. It is a 600 foot well and the pump is ...
A: Your well is extremely deep. This could mean that finding a good supply of groundwater is very ...
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| electrolyte water quality | 11/1/2009 | Dr V N Sivasankara Pillai |
Q: pillai, i have see some drinking water bottle for rehydrate marked electrolyte,contain calcium ...
A: Oral Rehydration solutions are given when there is loss of electrolyte leading to a dangerous fall ...
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| water softener problem | 10/29/2009 | Steve Young |
Q: I have a Kinetico K30 water softener. It has been working fine for about 18 years. Now when the ...
A: It sounds to me like it's in the valve assembly. I can't imagine how the resin would cause this. ...
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| air in lines after replacing well pressure tank | 10/25/2009 | Steve Young |
Q: A plumber replaced an old galvanized pressure tank with a new flexcon industries h2p120, 119 gallon ...
A: Boy that's too bad that the plumber didn't take care of that! It could be a number of things that is ...
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| holding tank and water filter system | 10/25/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: We have iron problems with our water. We are about a year away from starting to build a new home on ...
A: Usually treatment is done after the holding tank depending on several parameters. I suggest that you ...
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| heavy metals in rain water | 10/22/2009 | Steve Young |
Q: I plan on building a low cost water filter in thailand. I will collect the rain water from the roof ...
A: Providing that the roof is clean and won't rust, the water that you get from this method should be ...
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| Water softeners used w/ spetic systems | 10/22/2009 | Steve Young |
Q: I live in central Kentucky, where the water is terribly hard and considered a plumbers dream! ...
A: I would recommend the units from Sears. They are good all around systems and the good thing about ...
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| Water softeners used w/ spetic systems | 10/21/2009 | Steve Young |
Q: I live in central Kentucky, where the water is terribly hard and considered a plumbers dream! ...
A: There are opposing views on whether or not a water softener will negatively affect a residential ...
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| health issue of sulphur smell | 10/20/2009 | Dr V N Sivasankara Pillai |
Q: My daughter is trying to sell their house. There neighbor uses well water for landscape watering. ...
A: Your question relates to use of poor quality water by neighbor, which affects you. The issue can be ...
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| brown water/pressure tank | 10/19/2009 | Steve Young |
Q: Okay, here is our enigma. We moved into this house a little over a year ago. Not a lot of water ...
A: I'm pretty sure you have more than one thing going on with your system. First of all, if you had a ...
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| Salt Water Well | 10/19/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: WE are in escrow on a house that is in a salt water well area. The chloride tested at 580 and the ...
A: Actually the sodium level should not affect your utility purpose water usage. If you have r/o for ...
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| green stains | 10/18/2009 | Steve Young |
Q: We have 2 1/2 bathrooms plus a washer. We have copper piping running to all of them. We get green ...
A: I would suspect that the green stains are caused by the copper piping. When copper pipes are ...
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| water well depth and salt content | 10/17/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: I live in Aztec, New Mexico, right on the Animas River. I recently had a well person drill a 32 foot ...
A: Many people are in your situation. You have a problem that really has no economically sound,low ...
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| apartment water testing?? | 10/17/2009 | Don Moore |
Q: I have lived in the same apartments for more than 4 years and in the two units I have occupied there ...
A: Josh, From my experience, bad smelling water usually comes from the local piping. Sometimes an ...
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| Usage of ReverseOsmosis | 10/14/2009 | Dr V N Sivasankara Pillai |
Q: We have a STP plant of capacity 1000 kld & presently we are using the plant to capacity of 20% only. ...
A: 1. Have you got alternate source of chiller cooling water? 2. Are you permitted to discharge treated ...
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| water odor | 10/13/2009 | Dr V N Sivasankara Pillai |
Q: I have a 2 year old home with well water. We use a whole house filter and the water is fine except ...
A: Depending on geochemical origin, groundwater may contain low concentration of gases. In cold water ...
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| water odor | 10/12/2009 | Dr V N Sivasankara Pillai |
Q: I have a 2 year old home with well water. We use a whole house filter and the water is fine except ...
A: 1. Have you checked raw water quality recently? Your raw water probably contains odor producing ...
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| changing solar salt | 10/12/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: How often should I change the solar salt in my home water treatment system? ANSWER: Hi Jim; Thanks ...
A: This one is easy. Call the people who put it in for you or another company that deals in water ...
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| Sulfur odor from sump pump | 10/11/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: We are experiencing a strong sulfur odor that appears to be originating from our sump pump. It just ...
A: The only other thing to check is the french drains. Things have crawled in there and died too. You ...
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| changing solar salt | 10/11/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: How often should I change the solar salt in my home water treatment system?
A: Not knowing the unit you own,the water quality you are dealing with or the number of people in your ...
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| smelly water | 10/10/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: I just bought a second home in Palm Bay Fl. We have had a few surprises since we purchased it. One ...
A: My best suggestion to you is to visit www.wqa.org and find a certified specialist in your area.As ...
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| Sulfur odor from sump pump | 10/10/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: We are experiencing a strong sulfur odor that appears to be originating from our sump pump. It just ...
A: I if the smell as you say is coming from the sump it isn't a well water problem. It is a surface ...
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| water project | 10/8/2009 | Dr V N Sivasankara Pillai |
Q: as a class project i have been asked to visit a river and do a project as a follow up to the visit. ...
A: You can have two types of studies. 1. Related to river flow and physical and chemical nature of ...
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| water project | 10/8/2009 | Dr V N Sivasankara Pillai |
Q: as a class project i have been asked to visit a river and do a project as a follow up to the visit. ...
A: 1. I would like to know your class level. This is to suggest a method that you can easily handle. 2. ...
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| Whole house water filter for well water | 10/8/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: I have a well for water source and just had a test ran on the water. On the results it says detected ...
A: I had an old friend, a really great guy named Charlie Lingo. As to your question the only thing I ...
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| Debre in softened water | 10/7/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: I purchased a foreclose home. It had been vacant several months. It has a water softener. When I add ...
A: My best advice to you is to have someone local check it out. It is impossible for me to accurately ...
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| smelly rain barrel water | 10/6/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: rain water from roof of home in mountains of w. virginia. will only be used for laundry ,showers not ...
A: My best advice is to check with your county agent. Ask them about collecting water for a cistern for ...
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| Obtaining ro water from pond | 10/4/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: I am a window cleaner using reverse osmosis water. I am moving to a house which will have a water ...
A: My son was stationed in Stuttgart awhile back and I visited him twice. I stayed a week each time. ...
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| Sulphur smell in water | 9/29/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: We just bought a house with a well and the water has a strong sulfur smell. There is a chlorination ...
A: Yes your system seems to be properly applied. Now to learn how to properly operate it and find out ...
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| Moen Faucet bubbles & odor | 9/23/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: I found an answer you gave in 2008 to the same issue I have. I just installed a new Moen faucet in ...
A: IF your problem is limited to that one faucet I would suggest that you do not have a water problem. ...
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| General Ionics | 9/14/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: I a plumber in the Cincinnati area and one of my customers called me for information on a General ...
A: In order for me to be specific I would have to know exactly which system you want to know about. I ...
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| Adding an overflow pipe to an evisting artesian well | 9/11/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: I have a drilled artesian well with 6" steel casing. It currently overflows into my driveway, which ...
A: I suggest you take this question to a well driller you trust. They are the experts on wells.I can ...
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| Muddy Water | 9/10/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: About 2 yrs ago our submersible pump went and we replaced it. The contractor broke the below ground ...
A: That is a tough one to call. Wells are all different. IF you truly just have a muddy casing what you ...
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| High Level of coliform | 9/10/2009 | Fred E. Brunetti CWSV |
Q: Hope you can advise me on this one Fred. My well pump stopped working. We pulled the pump. The ...
A: The black water is caused by the oxidation of the minerals in your water by the bleach. It should go ...
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| Cistern Maintenance | 9/9/2009 | Steve Young |
Q: My question concerns my 1,500 gallon cistern. The cistern is connected to our well, and we use the ...
A: I think I had better come and do a "house call" to look at your situation personally! Your place ...
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| orange water right out of the ground | 9/8/2009 | Dr V N Sivasankara Pillai |
Q: I have a dug well that is 40ft into the ground. Since I moved in, 2yrs ago the water right out of ...
A: Your problem relates the very source. It is not clear whether you have analyzed water and identified ...
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| potassium chloride/water softener side affects | 9/8/2009 | Steve Young |
Q: I recently moved into a house with a water softener. I had someone come out and show me how to ...
A: I am not aware of any side effects like you describe being attributable to using KCL (Potassium ...
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