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Can a Standard Water Softener Remove Iron from Well Water?

It depends on the type of iron in your well water. Standard softeners can handle some dissolved iron, but particulate iron and iron bacteria need dedicated treatment.

Aug 31, 2025
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What to Do if Your Well Water Tests Positive for Coliform

Has your well water tested positive for coliform? Click here to learn about coliform may impact your health and what you can do about it. Contact us today.

Jun 20, 2023
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What’s Involved With Owning a Private Well?

It would have been normal to send Jack and Jill over the hill to fetch a pail of water in the early morning hours of 1850, but things are much different today!

Jun 5, 2022
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Before and After: Manganese and Sand Removal from water for a Non-Transient Water System

We recently completed an installation for a non-transient water system in Fallon, NV. The well that feeds the system had high levels of sand and manganese that was intermittently over the EPA maximum contaminant level. The original equipment was about 15 years old and not installed by our company.

Apr 15, 2020
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Private Well UV Disinfection

When is the last time you tested your well for bacteria? Testing: Municipal supplies test their water for harmful bacterias regularly. Some municipalities will test several times in one day from one source or another. Customers pay for these tests when they pay their water bills as part of the service.

Feb 10, 2019
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Well shock, tank & pipe sanitizing

What is well shock, and why is it needed to sanitize dirty well water? An injection of chlorine can help you start off with a clean slate. Learn More!

Mar 11, 2015
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Verdi, NV Water Solution

Another open and shut well water case in Verdi, NV which is just west of Reno. Most residents in Verdi are on a private well and have some combination of iron, arsenic, manganese, hardness, or odor issues.

Feb 9, 2015
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