The Stainers: Iron and Manganese
Iron and manganese in water can produce unpleasant tastes and cause yellow, brown or rusty stains on everything it touches from your sinks to your laundered clothes. They can also react in coffee, tea and some alcoholic beverages and produce a black sludge, affecting both taste and appearance.
These chemical elements are abundant below the Earth’s surface. Iron can be in either the ferrous (clear), or, ferric (red) form. Iron in its ferrous state is quite soluble, so it is easily dissolved and carried in ground water. When the water is exposed to oxygen in the air, it rapidly converts to a ferric state. If your well water is producing staining and odor, iron may be the culprit.
Iron is measured in parts per million (ppm). Levels of 0.3 ppm or higher, usually cause these unsightly results. Limited amounts of clear water iron can be removed by a water softener system. Red water iron must be removed by filtration. High amounts of iron can be treated by water filtration using either an oxidizing filter, or a solution dispensing system feeding chlorine followed by a clarifying filter.
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