Gerry Bulfin

Many home owners who use water from their own private well suffer from corrosive, acidic water which corrodes pipes and ruins fixtures and appliances. This short guide offers easy to understand steps homeowners can take to install a soda ash feed pump to neutralize the pH of their acidic well water.

Many homeowners on well water suffer from high levels of iron in their tap water. The iron causes staining of fixtures and imparts a rusty, unpleasant to their drinking water. This article outlines how and when to use low cost generic cartridge filters to effectively remove the iron for the whole house.

Each year thousands of homeowners on well water are trying to improve the water in their homes, and discover that acidic water has corroded their pipes and fixtures. Calcite, a generic term for natural crushed marble media, can be used to inexpensively correct these low pH waters.

Corrosion slowly eats up copper pipe causing devastating leaks which can lead to mold growth, ruined walls, ceilings and plaster. This article summarizes the main causes of copper pipe corrosion and what you can do to stop it.

Homeowners who draw their water from a private well are frequently plagued with iron bacteria in their tap water. Signs of iron bacteria include reddish brown or yellow slime that can clog plumbing and cause offensive odors. This article discusses how iron bacteria can be prevented from entering well water and what to do about it if it already exists.

Homeowners who own their own water wells often discover that the water is acidic and corrosive. This article discusses how an up-flow neutralizer filter tank using crushed calcium minerals can effectively treat this type of water and eliminate corrosion problems.

This article gives an overview of the problems many homeowners face when their well tests positive for total coliform bacteria. Thousands of wells test positive for coliform bacteria each year and this article outlines what homeowners can do when they encounter this bacteria.

This article answers commonly asked questions homeowners typically have regarding calcite pH neutralizers which can correct this common problem. The article answers questions about these filter systems in simple and plain language

This brief article gives an introduction to acid water filtration systems on residential water wells and how they are used and installed to correct corrosion from acidic well water supplies.

Many homeowners who get their water from their own private well experience rapid corrosion of copper piping, fixtures and appliances from naturally occurring acidic water. This article presents an easy to understand over view of how these water neutralizers and filter units are installed and operate.