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Surface water presents challenges and we have been treating this type of water for nearly 40 years! You can trust the experts at US Water Systems to have a sustainable solution to your surface water problems.
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Surface water presents challenges and we have been treating this type of water for over 45 years! You can trust the experts at US Water to have a sustainable solution to your surface water problems. While we are not generally big fans of chlorine, it is quite necessary when treating surface water, as algae is frequently an issue and chlorine is effective against it. After the chlorination process, we strip all of the chlorine out of the water, so that there is no residue of the chemical.
GPM/FLOW | CARBON FILTER | RETENTION TANK SIZE |
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5 GPM | 9" x 48" - 1 cu/ft | 40 gallon |
10 GPM | 10" x 54" - 1.5 cu/ft | 80 gallon |
15 GPM | 12" x 52" - 2 cu/ft | 120 gallon |
20 GPM | 13" x 54" - 2.5 cu/ft | 2 - 80 gallon |
25 GPM | 14" x 65" - 3 cu/ft | 2 - 120 gallon |
Note: It is recommended that you DO NOT USE household bleach in this or any chlorination system. Bleach has dangerous additives which are not for potable water. We suggest using chlorine pellets or granular chlorine (which we sell). When feeding chlorine for a treatment system. The feed rate should be adjusted so that the water coming out of the retention tank has 2 ppm of residual chlorine. This will ensure that the chlorine being fed is at the proper dosage to remove the contaminants.
The chlorine solution should be mixed 2/3 cups of granular or pellet chlorine to every gallon of water. It is preferred that the chlorine solution be made with RO water. If you do not have a reverse osmosis system, you should consider it for no other reason than this. Of course, it will also take your drinking water to an even higher level of purity. The chlorine solution should be made in small amounts (10 gallons or less). This will help keep the chlorine mixture fresh.
If 30 gallons of solution is made and it takes longer than a a few months to use it, it will lose intensity and require constant monitoring of the residual. When it loses intensity it will require an increase in pump dosage to get the 2 ppm residual.