RO water from a well

dave barber · Oct 31, 2016

I have been using distilled water for past while and I would like to get feed back or opinions in regards to having my using my well water

At present it goes through a two stage water softner and then through an ro unit

what are opinions with reagrds to quality of the water

thanks
dave

tripdad · Oct 31, 2016

I use well water and have for the last 5 years. It depends on how good or bad it it is. Mine is about 350 TDS into my RODI unit, my nieghbors is 850 TDS, so all in what goes in. The costs are much higher the worse it gets as you can go thru a lot of resin and filters if it is real bad, mine is not IMO.

TheEngineer · Oct 31, 2016

I run off of a well too. My incoming TDS is around 80, then it goes through an acid neutralizer and comes out around 160. My RO membrane drops that down to around 1 or 2 before it heads to the DI resin to drop it all the way to zero. A good RO system will get you down by 98-99%.

My well water has high CO2 levels so I need to degas the water before it goes through my DI resin.

smokin'reefer · Oct 31, 2016

My daughter lives in the Sandhills of South Carolina. Her water comes out of the well at 0 parts per million. And about 7 pH. Use that water in freshwater tank for decades without any problem. So it really depends on the water coming out. Of well.

WVReefJunkie · Oct 31, 2016

I have a well that has the water going straight to my ro/di filtration. I can get my tds readings after filtration down to one part. Filters last a long time too, change the sediment filter out more frequent that DI resin.

fragit · Oct 31, 2016

My RO/DI is on a well, water just passes through a large household sediment filter after it enters my home. Then goes to my RO system. Water in at the feed is 121 tds leaves membrane at 1 tds, and leaves the DI membranes at 0 tds. I've had zero issues with mine on well water.