Well water and softeners
GrainQuota
Grain capacity from your hardness and your household, not from a box label.
- 1Sizing a Water Softener — Grains Per Day, Then Capacity
The right size is not the biggest that fits. It is the one that regenerates on a sensible cycle.
- 2Measuring Hardness — Grains, PPM and What the Numbers Mean
Everything about softener sizing follows from one number, and it takes a few minutes to get it.
- 3Iron, Manganese and Rotten-Egg Smell — Identifying Before Treating
Orange stains, black stains and a rotten-egg smell are three separate problems that get sold the same filter.
- 4The Pressure Tank — Precharge, Cut-In and Why Pumps Short Cycle
The pump does not run continuously, and the reason it does not is a cushion of air in a tank.
- Salt, Regeneration and the Two Faults That Stop a Softener Working
- Submersible or Jet — Which Pump a Well Has and Why
- Is a Softener Worth It — What Hard Water Actually Costs
- Reverse Osmosis at the Kitchen Tap — What It Removes and What It Wastes
- Well Yield — How Much Water the Well Can Actually Give
- What to Test a Private Well For, and How Often
- The Softener Is Running and the Water Is Hard
- Salt-Free Conditioners — What They Do and What They Do Not
- Installing Treatment — Sequence, Bypasses and the Drain
Iron removal
77 calculations · Iron, Sulfur & Filters · browse all
- How do you remove 0.2 ppm of iron from well water at pH 6?
- How do you remove 0.5 ppm of iron from well water at pH 7.5?
- How do you remove 1.5 ppm of iron from well water at pH 7.2?
- How do you remove 3 ppm of iron from well water at pH 7?
- How do you remove 7 ppm of iron from well water at pH 6.8?
- How do you remove 15 ppm of iron from well water at pH 6.5?
Well pressure tank size
24 calculations · Well Pumps & Pressure · browse all
- What size pressure tank for a 5 GPM pump at 30/50 psi?
- What size pressure tank for a 7 GPM pump at 40/60 psi?
- What size pressure tank for a 10 GPM pump at 50/70 psi?
- What size pressure tank for a 15 GPM pump at 30/50 psi?
- What size pressure tank for a 20 GPM pump at 40/60 psi?
- What size pressure tank for a 25 GPM pump at 50/70 psi?
Water softener cost by city
996 calculations · Cost · browse all
- How much does a water softener cost installed in New York City, NY?
- How much does a water softener cost installed in Durham, NC?
- How much does a water softener cost installed in Naperville, IL?
- How much does a water softener cost installed in Lee's Summit, MO?
- How much does a water softener cost installed in Passaic, NJ?
- How much does a water softener cost installed in East Honolulu, HI?