How do I get rid of rust in my well water?
Carrie from Rushville, Ohio
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I have the same problem. I have bought the Sears water softner and does really well. You can take a sample of water to sears and they will test for you to see what level of rust and hardness it is for FREE. I buy salt from tractor supply or aldi etc. No need spending big money on it. I still cannot use bleach but NO rusty sink , toliets etc. Good Luck
You don't say if you have a water softener. If so buy your salt in bag's with rust remover in it. The water softener is needed because rust will ruin appliances and ruin clothes also. However they have several brand's of thing's to take the rust out of thing's in fact one of them is called Rust Out.
I'm moving in to my mom trailer in the country and the well water is bad with rust help me what can I do???
Remove your well head and find a long enough garden hose to run from an outside hydrant or faucet on the side of the house back to the well. Put the hose down the well. Mix one gallon of water with the appropriate amount of "Iron Out" mixed into it (you can pick it up at Wal-Mart) and one gallon of Clorox to pour down the well head.
Turn on the outside faucet/hydrant and let the mixture run through the well and other pipes. If the well water runs to the house, it should get at least to the pressure tank and flow through other pipes. If it is like mine, it goes through the pressure tank, water filter and water softner before returning to the well. Let it run for an hour or two to get all of that initial "rust" out of those lines.
Once you turn the outside hose off, turn on all of the inside faucets until you can smell or see the rust out (you will be able to smell it and see some bubbles). Then turn off you faucet so that the mixture can sit in the pipes for a while. It will eat away at the rust built up in the pipes.
You will want to run the faucets for a while after it has sit so that it will be flushed from the pipes (you wont want to drink it, bathe in it or wash with it - the concentration is too strong). Do this every three to six months depending on how much "iron" you have in your water. It is a cheap and easy way to remove it.
what about my hot water heater. do I shut off the valve to it so it does not go through it? I know bleach shouldn't get too hot, or is it so diluted it shouldn't matter
This seems like a good solution, but the directions on the Iron Out container say not to use it in combination with bleach products. Any comments?
I really like your answer, and I'm gonna try that because the water kills our fish in our tank in the house
This was also my question. Also, if you have a septic tank (which many of us who have wells also have!), I've heard that high concentrations of chlorine can destroy the vital bacteria there. Would love to hear any feedback from experts on this!!
When I lived on the farm I used calgon water softener when I washed clothes. This took all the rust streaks out.
You need a filtering media called "KDF". It is the ONLY thing that will remove rust and not just camouflage it. (I'm in the water business)
What is KDF
What is "KDF" ? I just purchased a house and it has rust in the water I am considering having the well drilled deeper.
FROM EXPERIENCE
dig a new deeper well-nothing else worked
by the way, we moved from rusty water home and now I am anemic (low iron in blood) IRONIC??
I desperately need help. There is a water softener full of rust reducing salt, but the water is still rusty. My clothes are staining, it's gross to do dishes and bathe. The landlord has me stirring it in the softener.
Water is a basic necessity. Your landlord is obligated to provide you with clean water that is good for drinking, bathing, and if that place came with a laundry hook-up, then water that does not ruin clothes when washed.
Iron in water does not render it nonpotable.
My mom has rust in her well water, the water is tinted rust color and if you can't drink it, it tastes like rust. She has a water filter on the kitchen sink and that helps.
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