Iron in Water
Could be a stupid question but......in Michigan well water tends to have a lot of iron in it. I think most campgrounds are rural and tend to have well water. When you hook up to a water source is th...
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TechWriter wrote:
Get a standard (10 x 2.5) clear filter housing and a 6-pack of 1-micron sediment filters.
Now you can see when your filter turns red (brown or whatever) and easily remove and clean it.
BTW, keep the filter out of direct sunlight. Otherwise, you're asking for an algae bloom.
That will only work for visible iron.
Filtering clear water iron as opposed to particulate iron requires special filters.
The cartridges also remove manganese, and some sulfur compounds.
We were volunteers at a state park in ID and the iron content in the water was horrendous.
After we left it took half a day to remove the stains on the sinks,shower,and toilet.
I used Iron Out which worked better than anything else I tried. The rangers furnished it to us while we were at the park.
However the fumes were so irritating that I borrowed my sister in law's hazmat mask she used when she was spraying her orchard so I could do the job.
