Well water treatment systems
No single system fixes every well. Each one handles a short list of problems within set limits, and several depend on the water being treated before it reaches them. UV needs clear water. Softeners foul with iron. Air-injection filters struggle when pH is low.
These guides explain what each system removes, the published limits to check against your test, the maintenance it needs, and who should pick something else.
- Whole house well water filterHow air-injection and oxidizing filters remove iron, manganese and sulfur from well water, what levels they handle, and what they need to install.
- Chemical injection systems for well waterWhen chlorine or peroxide injection beats an air-injection filter, what it needs downstream, how much upkeep it takes, and who should skip it.
- pH neutralizers for acidic well waterHow calcite neutralizers and soda ash feeders raise low well water pH, why they add hardness, where they go in the treatment order and when to skip one.
- UV systems for well waterHow UV disinfection works on a private well, the pretreatment it needs for iron, hardness and turbidity, lamp upkeep, and when to shock chlorinate instead.
- Sediment filters for well waterSpin-down, cartridge and backwashing sediment filters for wells: which micron rating to pick, where they go before UV and RO, and when it is a well problem.
- Tannin filters for well waterHow anion-resin tannin filters clear tea-colored well water, how to tell tannins from iron, what must be treated first, and the upkeep involved.
- Reverse osmosis for well waterWhat an under-sink RO system removes from well water (nitrate, arsenic, lead, uranium), what it misses, the pretreatment it needs and how much water it wastes.
- Water softeners for well waterWhen hard well water is worth softening, where a softener goes after the iron filter and neutralizer, how much iron it tolerates, and what it costs to run.