What are the water purification systems from the well

Immediately it should be noted that the systems for filtering water from a well can be completely different, that is, they are announced for screening and retaining certain elements. Based on this fact when buying a filter, you should specifically understand what is in your source is superfluous, and what you want to get rid of.

Below, we will look into some filter modifications and see the thematic video in this article as additional information.

Cleaning equipment

What filters are cleaned

• The sources themselves are always clean, but as water comes to the surface as a result of contact with other natural elements, you can expect various surprises in the form of:
• hydrogen sulfide,
• manganese
• iron and so on.

In addition, the results of the life activity of the society get there, that is, they are washed away from the upper layers of the soil:

• herbicides,
• pesticides
• nitrates,
• pathogenic microorganisms.
• After drilling a well, it is necessary to produce a long pumping so that the composition of the water used becomes constant. After that, a laboratory chemical analysis is carried out and only then can you determine what kind of cleaning equipment you need for a particular source. In this case, the individuality of each individual well or well should be taken into account - what the source diagnosis in the neighborhood showed may not be suitable for you at all.

For softening

The water becomes hard due to an excess of calcium, magnesium, and various cations (iron, manganese), which can be removed using an ionic resin. Such equipment is easy to install with your own hands, but it is very important to calculate its productive capacity in accordance with your requests..

Consider that there are systems for industrial needs, as well as for country houses and even apartments, therefore, a properly selected device will reduce operating costs.

If we talk about the principle by which softening occurs, then we can say that cationite (spherical granules insoluble in water) remove from there ions of magnesium, calcium and iron, replacing them with sodium ions.

The cation exchangers can have sodium or hydrogen forms (Na-form and H-form). Depending on its structure, during the purification process, it can be replaced with either a Na-ion or an H-ion.

The cation exchangers of the Na-form for the process of softening are used in the usual manner for domestic and commercial consumption, but the H-form is needed for the removal of salts or any other special preparation of water.

After saturation, cation exchangers can be regenerated with table salt, after which they acquire their working capacity. In various systems, such a process occurs automatically and takes about 90 minutes.

Removal of hydrogen sulfide, manganese and iron

Note. One of the biggest problems in cleaning water from a well is iron - its content in the liquid of only 0.3 mg / l causes the appearance of rusty drips and yellowing of the laundry during washing. But the most dangerous thing here is that such a mixture harms human health and various equipment directly related to its use. Usually, an increased iron content is accompanied by an unpleasant taste and smell.

There are three main ways to filter:

1. reagent;
2. non-reagent;
3. complex - each of which allows to obtain water purified from such an element.

• This implies the removal of iron by chemical reagents. The reagents themselves are metered before the filter or the filtration load is processed with their help.
• Reagents are not used by this method. Here, iron is oxidized by atmospheric oxygen and collected on the filter during loading.
• Ion-exchange complex method, in fact, is reagent - here rinsing with sodium chloride solution is used to restore the filtering properties. Such devices are capable of purifying water from iron, manganese, organic compounds and hardness, but their price is, of course, somewhat higher.

Filters to remove organic compounds, odors and tastes

Such devices for wells are used for sorption cleaning of tastes and odors of organic, organochlorine natural compounds and chlorine. During the processing process, adsorption of such substances with activated carbon occurs..

Such devices can be used for both industrial and domestic purposes and their performance varies from 0.3 to 300 m.³/hour.

Cartridge filters, in fact, perform the same functions as coal filters, since this is the same coal, only it does not undergo washing, but is simply replaced by another one. Such devices, as a rule, are used exclusively for domestic purposes with small volumes of consumption. Their installation and replacement is very simple, besides there is always attached instruction manual.

Note. Among the filters should also be noted ion-exchange devices designed to remove nitrates from the water. As a result of human activity, it is impossible to guarantee their absence in any place on the planet at the moment, therefore chemical analysis is necessary for wells and wells before starting operation.

UV disinfection

MEGA-UV in the United States has now developed and put into production a whole range of equipment (see photo above) for disinfecting natural, technical and effluent waters.

Currently, UV cleaning systems are the most reliable, effective and cost-effective method of disinfection - it allows you to destroy almost all fungi, spores, viruses, bacteria and other organic accumulations of microorganisms. Despite such a total cleaning, the chemical composition of the water in the well does not change and the taste and smell remain the same as before the treatment (natural).

As you know, chlorine is not able to destroy bacteria like Giardia or cryptosporidium, but ultraviolet light is 100% effective here. In addition, the MEGA-UV systems, compared with alternative chlorination and ozonation tools for household, municipal and industrial activities, are much cheaper, they are easier to use and much more reliable in terms of the final result.

Conclusion

Throughout the history of mankind, and of all biological organisms, water has always been the basis of life, and to use it in a dirty form is at least unnatural.

That is why the water purification system from a well or a well on your site will be one of the guarantees for maintaining a normal physical and psychological state.