What is the best water filter for really hard, high mineral water?

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We just bought a new (actually, very, very old) home. It has a 50 foot well. The water is hard, minerally, and discolored. Although it did pass the test, It tastes terrible, looks orangish and I’m pretty sure… its not healthy. Whats worse is that its probably going to clog up the screens in the facets and such.

I’m thinking we should get some kind of whole house water filtration system that at least removes the big sediments and such, and then we can get something like reverse osmosis just for drinking water. I heard they have an alternative to the water softener. Anyone know about that??

Basically, whatever we get… we don’t want to be replacing filters every 10 days, or throwing bags and bags of salt into it.

i don’t know for sure but an activated charcoal filter should help out a lot. they may lots of different filters and the normal one is a rope wound type and that will take lots of minerals out but i’m not sure about hard water. they make water softeners that will remove some hard water and once i had to use what is called an iron out filter that used a chemical called potassium permanganate and you had to recharge it about once a month. took a few hours to do and if yo got the chemical on you it took days to get the dark blue/purple off your skin. these are the only filters i know that may work for you. or check with a company that does water treatments like culligan. good luck.

Posted in: best water filter system Comments(3) March 2011


3 Responses to “What is the best water filter for really hard, high mineral water?”

  1. Ranger Says:
    March 5th, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    You need to call Culligan and get a good system. Or if there is public water at the street, hook up to it.
    References :
    http://www.culligan.com/en/

  2. corvairbob65 Says:
    March 5th, 2011 at 10:19 pm

    i don’t know for sure but an activated charcoal filter should help out a lot. they may lots of different filters and the normal one is a rope wound type and that will take lots of minerals out but i’m not sure about hard water. they make water softeners that will remove some hard water and once i had to use what is called an iron out filter that used a chemical called potassium permanganate and you had to recharge it about once a month. took a few hours to do and if yo got the chemical on you it took days to get the dark blue/purple off your skin. these are the only filters i know that may work for you. or check with a company that does water treatments like culligan. good luck.
    References :

  3. Radata Grammer Says:
    March 5th, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    One of the best whole house water filters on the market is the Hague Water Max http://www.haguewater.com/versus it is 4 complete systems in one which will take care of your hard water and minerals self cleaning without having to change filters every month, odor and taste filters and is an RO Reverse Osmosis system to have the pristine water you want and to top it all off a complete sediment filter down to 5 microns. It is a little more costly up front but does the job of 4 separate systems and it sounds like you need the works.
    References :
    David Grammer owner of http://RAdata.com in NJ has been in the water testing and treatment business for over 25 years visit http://watertestingnj.com

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