Does this system remove iron? My water has an extremely high content.
200332
No, you would want to use an iron filter inline before this unit. Thank you! Mark Bunner Abundant Flow Water Systems AFW Filters 785-735-9769
960636
I reviewed the other answers, they are spot on, my only other advice is to make sure your water is very cold and add an additive to take out hard water minerals if you aren't using filtered water.
2201855
To much iron in the water gives it a rust color. If this is what you mean, then it should. The product description says it removes harmful minerals. Most particulate filters will remove iron color from the water, and this is a much better filter.
1573516
If you have really high iron, higher than 5-6 ppm, then you should use a separate iron filter in line first. The air injection platinum iron filter or filox iron filter, followed by a water softener. Visit afwfilters for more info on those. Mark 785-735-9769
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We have a Kinetico water softener system. We have a LOT of iron in our well water. We must use the Iron Out salts. The 5 micron filter works well for us. We used to use a 50 or 30 micron. If anything the 5 micron just filters better, finer particles. We change it every 6 months or so. It gets red with the iron, unless you are losing water pressure it is OK to use continue to use, we have gone 9 months without changing it before. I don't know what kind of sediment your trying to filter or how much is in your well water so I can't say how it would work in your system. I would recommend trying one of the filters for six months and see how it goes. If no problems then I'd buy the bulk package. We own our system so we can do as we like with it. I don't know what Kinetico would say about it. Good luck. Let us know if it works out for you OK. We were paying much more for our filters before we found this steal of a deal.
1095325
No, you would need to change the water is well. completely different type of system. it's well worth it though!
97310
We had all sorts of issues with our water- ph, hardness, high oxidized iron, manganese etc. I called one manufacturer for a different softener to get a recommendation based on our levels and he said there was nothing he could recommend in good conscience and we should just hAve a new well drilled. Unwilling to give up we did more research and bought and installed this. I can happily say our hardness and iron is completely resolved and we shocked our well to take care of manganese. We will deal with ph at a later date. I'm thrilled with this purchase and highly recommend this softener/filter for iron issues. Good luck!
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Maybe. I think it will depend on a couple of things... How much iron is in your water and what kind of softener program you have. Iron is one component of hardness so the more iron you remove the less hardness there is to correct. So given that, your softener MAY require less salt to do the job. I do know from talking with the manufacturer of the iron unit that the softener need to go AFTER the iron unit. Ours was predominantly an Iron problem and this unit seems to have corrected the majority of our problem. We haven't added a softener yet, but may; and the unit we get may be smaller because the iron unit is doing a great job. Maybe. I think it will depend on a couple of things... How much iron is in your water and what kind of softener program you have. Iron is one component of hardness so the more iron you remove the less hardness there is to correct. So given that, your softener MAY require less salt to do the job. I do know from talking with the manufacturer of the iron unit that the softener need to go AFTER the iron unit. Ours was predominantly an Iron problem and this unit seems to have corrected the majority of our problem. We haven't added a softener yet, but may; and the unit we get may be smaller... » Read More Maybe. I think it will depend on a couple of things... How much iron is in your water and what kind of softener program you have. Iron is one component of hardness so the more iron you remove the less hardness there is to correct. So given that, your softener MAY require less salt to do the job. I do know from talking with the manufacturer of the iron unit that the softener need to go AFTER the iron unit. Ours was predominantly an Iron problem and this unit seems to have corrected the majority of our problem. We haven't added a softener yet, but may; and the unit we get may be smaller because the iron unit is doing a great job. « Show Less
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Karen, I am not using any filter on the input. The water source is relatively free of sand / chunks / etc. However, the water does have a high iron content which does build up a sludge on the impeller and rotor (magnet attracts the iron) that needs to be cleaned about every 3 to 4 months (operates continuously using captured groundwater). The pump / impeller can be removed pretty easily for cleaning. Hope that helps. If necessary, I would imagine it would not be too hard to extend the inlet with some vinyl tubing and put some kind of screen on the tube ... maybe a filter from an aquarium aerator or something like that. The concern would be that the filter plugs up if too fine a mesh. Karen, I am not using any filter on the input. The water source is relatively free of sand / chunks / etc. However, the water does have a high iron content which does build up a sludge on the impeller and rotor (magnet attracts the iron) that needs to be cleaned about every 3 to 4 months (operates continuously using captured groundwater). The pump / impeller can be removed pretty easily for cleaning. Hope that helps. If necessary, I would imagine it would not be too hard to extend the inlet with some vinyl tubing and put some kind of screen on the tube ... maybe a filter from an aquarium... » Read More Karen, I am not using any filter on the input. The water source is relatively free of sand / chunks / etc. However, the water does have a high iron content which does build up a sludge on the impeller and rotor (magnet attracts the iron) that needs to be cleaned about every 3 to 4 months (operates continuously using captured groundwater). The pump / impeller can be removed pretty easily for cleaning. Hope that helps. If necessary, I would imagine it would not be too hard to extend the inlet with some vinyl tubing and put some kind of screen on the tube ... maybe a filter from an aquarium aerator or something like that. The concern would be that the filter plugs up if too fine a mesh. « Show Less
1651515
Yes it will remove the chlorine and other contaminants from water so your water will have no taste the way it should be.
726708
You must have something wrong with your system. I installed mine a month ago. I'm on a community well and the water quality is terrible. Slug of iron would appear about every third day or so. Since I installed the Home Master, the water has been perfect. I would call Home Master and talk to their tech support.
1458804
It uses a fine mesh resin for softening and iron removal. Give us a call 785-735-9769 so we can better explain this system and go over your water treatment needs to direct you to some options that may work for your water. AFW Filters
583262
The iron comes out but it clogs the filters pretty quickly. We have lots of iron in our well water.
978434
It does remove fluoride when the filter is fresh, but the longer you use the filter, the more metals will pass through. The water where I live is so bad, I only got two weeks from a filter. That costs too much for me, so we now rent a reverse osmosis system.
1658556
The fluoride add ons remove 68% or so on the first pass. If you run it through multiple times it removes 99.9%. Very difficult to get rid of the crap they add to our water. Supposedly for our health.
2156910
No. I would recommend the well system unit. This would work on a well but the life would be severely lessened due to high iron levels.
217114
I'm not sure about iron content, but we have extremely hard water. We don't have a water softener and over the past year and a half of constant use we have not had a problem with it at all.