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    Default Re: Well water - to use or not to use

    just filled my 15x30 from our well. I think it all depends where you live. not too far from me they sell the water "abita springs water" i used two hoses. Never had a problem with my well are water it is now 6 years old. I also pump it straight into my salt and fresh water fish tanks with no problems.

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    csevel is offline Registered+ Thread Analyst csevel 0
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    Default Re: Well water - to use or not to use

    We filled our 8500 gal pool with softnened well water non stop. Took a day and a half. Had a high alkalinity issue but other than that...saved me some money. Didn't have to remove metals from the water either.
    Claudia
    18' Echo Canyon A/G Pool by Artesian
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    Tredge is offline Registered+ Thread Analyst Tredge 0
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    Default Re: Well water - to use or not to use

    BTW. My Pool is 40,000 Gallons and has been drained and refilled every year by the previous owners for the last 30 years!
    I dont plan to do it that way but thats what they did

    Takes over 3 days to fill with two hoses. To my knowlege the well pump never needed replacing.

    Water is clear and doing well.
    Some people have hobbies.....I have a pool.

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    gwrace1 is offline Registered+ Thread Analyst gwrace1 0
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    Default Re: Well water - to use or not to use

    We checked into having our 26000 gallon pool filled by truck. However the companies could not guarantee that the water would be any better or have less metals than what was coming our of our well.

    We ended up filling the pool from our well. It took five days. We prefiltered the water through a whole house iron filter which then fed a softener. It took several fills of salt and regeneration cycles to complete the process. We then pretreated the water with metal out and Polyquat 60% added the salt and let it circulate for 3-5 days before cranking up the SWG. The water has been crystal clear since startup in early March.

    I now fill from a water source that is not softened but has a whole house iron filter on it. I don't want the softened water changing my salt levels.

    33' Artesian Echo Canyon Ultra II round with 54" wall 26000 gallon capacity -- 1.5 HP 2 Speed Pump / Pentair 26" Sand Filter with Zeolite filter media
    Aquarite Salt Water Generator -- Complete aluminum deck with fence kit
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