First year with a borehole supply (recently moved in)

[Kuro507]

Just before Christmas we moved into a new home, it has a fresh water borehole installed around 1994, first thing we did was have the system flushed through and a new filter installed, along with having a empty blue cylinder filled with media to reduce the PH from 6.5. Alo ng with installing a UV.

The borehole is around 40m deep and the system has a cylinder with a rubber bladder to help keep the pressure up. Pump kicks in when pressure falls to 3bar, stops again once it reaches 4bar (then repeats as necessary).

 

A water quality test was done during the purchase and the only recommendations were a media filter , reduce PH from 6.5 and for a UV sterilisation system (all done before we moved in)

 

I noticed recently that there looks to be water marks on the aluminium sink, which we didn't have before. I am wondering if the hardness of the water has changed.

 

I've bought a relatively cheap electronic water meter and its given the following results:

 

PH: 6.24

TDS: 225

EC: 527

Temp: 19.1 deg C

 

I need to check with the Company that serviced the eqpt, how to check if there is any media left in the bottle for changing PH.

 

For those of you with boreholes, is it perfectly normal for the water to change through the year? Should I be monitoring it on a more regular basis? We have had an exceptionally dry March and April (up until the rain today).

 

[JohnMo]

 

 

44 minutes ago, Kuro507 said:

TDS: 225

EC: 527

Our is around

Conductivity is 305 microsiemens

TDS is 145 ppm

 

Your dissolved solids is higher than ours and the conductivity also higher. Both indicate the amount of stuff in water that isn't water. This is generally dissolved minerals and when you heat the water they form back to solids (scale)

 

We also get deposits and have to descale the kettle every six months or so.

 

We reduced the effects by adding a BWT combi care in the water feeding the hot water cylinder. The cartridge gets replaced once per year.

 

We get the system serviced once per year, they check everything top up as needed.

49 minutes ago, Kuro507 said:

how to check if there is any media left in the bottle for changing PH

If it's run out it maybe the unit is too small for your consumption.