From Well to Faucet - My Water Treatment System
The journey begins with a 200' deep well with 5 stratas of water along the column in the Texas Hill Country.
The yield is regulated at 10 gpm by the submersible pump, but has the capacity to deliver 20 gpm with a larger pump. 10 gpm suits my needs just fine and easily supplies not only enough water to the house, but also irrigates over 3/4 of an acre of land. This can also be supplemented by an 8,500 gal rain water collection cistern. 
Starting at the well, water is drawn into the well house and passes through a dual plumbing system. A pre-screening is done to remove sediment larger than 20 microns then one delivery is to the house and another through a large back flow preventer to the 18 zone irrigation system. Once the water reaches the house it is boosted to 70 psi and begins the refinement stages. First is a 20" sediment filter at 10 microns leading to a second 10" 10 micron sediment filter. From there the water passes through a standard ion exchange water softener and into a high performance water softener appliance. These two softeners, in series, brings the hardness down from 24 grains per gallon, (very, very hard), to less than 1 gpg. That's rainwater softness! 
Now the water is further treated by passing through a 1 micron absolute charcoal filter and an oversized UV disinfection filter. The final water flow still remains at 60 psi at this stage with very little drop in pressure at any given tap. In all, my water is now of a higher quality than most bottled waters. I even have an outside station that can supply a neighbor with high quality water if needed. 
Briefly, a 1500 gal poly tank is the principle storage tank that house water is drawn from. That tank is kept topped off and can be filled by either the well or the rainwater cistern or a combination of the two. Both tanks are kept circulated and aeriated. Total capacity of the system is 10,000 gallons. I will probably put the entire water system on a solar system within the next year or so. Water is becoming the new gold standard! 
For further discussion please contact: Patrick McCrary at 325.248.0809 |
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