Why Is My Well Water Rust Colored?
Your Water Has a Metallic Taste or an Unpleasant Smell. .. . If It Comes out Red, Yellow, or Orange Right from the Tap, You Probably Have Ferric Iron Present...
Your water has a metallic taste or an unpleasant smell. ... If it comes out red, yellow, or orange right from the tap, you probably have ferric iron present in your well water. This usually happens after the iron has come into contact with oxygen and started to rust somewhere in your water supply.
How do you get rust out of well water?
One of the perfect ways to remove rust is by using a water softener. Addition of water softeners adds salt to your well water, eliminating rust and other particles that are hard to remove through filtration. Another alternative is by combining an enhancement product with a water softener.
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How do you fix discolored well water?
- Pro– can remove resin if not too high.
- Cons– the resin bed may fail and need replacing every 2-3 years.
- Air Aspirated filter – this is for Ferrous iron and puts oxygen into the water. ...
- Carbon filters– they get rid of any taste of chlorine or odor in the water.
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