Does everyone in your area have the same severe iron problem? If so, what are they doing? If not, it will likely be cheaper and more effective in the long run to drill your well deeper.

If you wish to augment your current system, ozone will work. However, you existing sand filter won't handle the particulates unless it was way oversized. Redundant sand filters would be best to ensure water flow when you need it.

Your best best with iron problems is to find a local water treatment professional that you trust because iron removal systems generally need some babysitting and expertise. Have you contacted locals?

This post was edited by aliceinwonderland_id on Tue, Nov 25, 14 at 16:37

Hi, thanks for the reply. Everyone in our area has horribly rusty water, so drilling deeper is a gamble at best. Fortunately we do have 2 sand filters, so they are indeed redundant. I have thought about calling a pro, but our only experience with pros has been with Kinetico, who sold us our current system. My experience with Kinetico has been that the equipment is high quality and well built, but extremely expensive and the salesmen are pushy.

Since you already have a relationship with your Kinetico dealer it will cost you nothing for them to come and quote you the cost to achieve your goal... a cheap place to start.

If Kinetico sold you your existing system claiming that it would be adequate for the iron removal, then it is reasonable to be hesitant about working with them. It could be that you simply had an inexperienced rep. Kinetico, as a company, has access to a lot of water treatment expertise, so it is likely still worthwhile to get an iron removal recommendation from them. Are they the only local pros?

OK, I guess you've convinced me to call Kinetico again - If we end up keeping the softener we'll probably have to have it rebedded anyway, so I should probably have the conversation with them. Thanks for the advice!

I think this is due to the fact that it's very old

I think your plan should work

I would stay away from Pyrolox, extremely heavy to backwash, and has been very "dirty" in my experience. I've used ozone with Katalox Lite and Filter Ox with decent results. But ozone is finicky and expensive, maybe a chemical injection system followed by a mang ox type filter would work best. Followed by a good, if a bit oversized softener should do the trick.