We are looking to make the leap into WFP/Pure Water cleaning, but before we invest the dollars, we’d like to make sure it works with well water. We are up in the woods, and nobody is connected to city water. I haven’t had a chance to check TDS levels, but I assume it will be different at each residence. Has anyone had experience working with well water? Can we get by with just DI or do we need to go RO/DI? Any feedback/guideance would be appreciated.
Deb
Well water is fine… you’ll be treating it so it doesn’t matter. If your tds is over 100 I would recommend ro/di … if its under you can squeak buy with just a di tank. Just make sure you have a place to recharge it.
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Bill’s going to be the expert on this one…
I’ve never measured well water, but I’d assume it’s got a high TDS level, thus burning through Di tanks will get expensive. A RO/DI is probably better suited for you, and less expensive.
However, you may consider doing this. It seems from your post you’ll be doing mostly residential? Do you have any access to city water? If so, and the TDS is low enough even with city water, you may be able to run with a water tank. Use the DI tank to filter the city water, store it in the water tank, and then use a small 12v pump like a shurflo to supply the water to the WFP.
An upcoming WFP’s on WCR show will be talking about pure water - DI, RO, RO/DI - when you need one over the other and so forth…
Welcome WCR!
well water where I live is DI death!
thanks for the responses thus far. Yes – we do mainly residential, although we have a few commercial buildings. Unfortunately, access to city water is nearly impossible - with exception to the commercial accounts (so it would only be usable on those jobs).
deb
Multistage water purification systems, RO/DI carts, are made to handle the well water.
We have clients that routinely put water with a TDS(Total Dissolved Solids) of over 1,000PPM through our machines and they are putting out pure water and averaging $500.00 a year in maintenance cost.
Many gas stations offer water. Granted, they probably don’t intend on you taking 50-100 gallons at a time… but maybe you could work out a deal.
However, with city water being so limited, it’s possible that even the city water will be high in TDS. Your more then likely going to be in need of a RO/DI system.
I suggest getting a TDS meter. http://shop.windowcleaner.com/product.sc?categoryId=76&productId=54 They’re only 20 bucks, and you’ll need one if you’re doing any amount of WFP work.
Well water on average will tend to have a higher tds then city water. As Chris said an RO/DI system would work better with most well water and would save you money in the long run.
Hey Micah, how long have you been WFP’ing for?
How often do you use it?
I started with my own homemade WFP probably a year and a half to two years ago. Worked pretty well, not nearly as well as a “real” one though because the homemade was using a homemade brush… less scrubbing with a brush that’s intended for the job…
I say I use the WFP every week now. I’ve been using it on homes and larger commercial deals, but now I’m starting to use it more regularly for car dealerships and the like.
I use it for almost every job now. It took a while to make the transition.
[FONT=“Impact”]I love the smell of DI water in the morning![/FONT]
Nice work.
If you have a decent roof area or can put in a collection system make a diy rainwater harvesting sytem to implement your supply. TDS between 003 and 035.
One thing to keep in mind with well water. I did a job last week where the customer had two wells drilled in their yard. What we did not know is the customer had their sprinkler system hooked to the one we were using. It connected underground so we had no idea until he told us. Our pressure went from 50psi down to 10 psi once his sprinklers kicked on. We moved to the other well and that was only 30 psi and I had to have the customer shut off the sprinkler. Make sure the well has plenty of power to pump the water out. If not you may need to get an inline.
