Have you got one of these on your farm? Is it time for a change? If you’ve got an aerator sand filter on your farm, then you’ll be familiar with manual back washing and regular change out of the media. The aeration process oxidises the soluble iron (Fe) in the bore or ground water, turning [...]
A softener is designed to reduce hardness in groundwater which is formed by water passing through rock that has deposits of calcium and magnesium. The water dissolves these deposits and carries them in the dissolved form. Here in New Zealand, particularly in rural lifestyle areas, we find “off the shelf” Softeners sold to rural lifestyle [...]
Lately we've been seeing water treatment systems advertised (often under the banner of "chemical free") for the rural New Zealand market which treat iron contamination but make no mention of addressing manganese. Given the regularity with which we find water sources here containing levels of manganese higher than the NZ Drinking Water Standard of 0.04mg/l, [...]
