Water hardness filter

[Enkil810]

I have to fill my pool with well water that is a little high in calcium. What is the best water hose filter to remove calcium? Any recommendations?

 

[JoyfulNoise]

I have to fill my pool with well water that is a little high in calcium. What is the best water hose filter to remove calcium? Any recommendations?

None of the ones that attach to a hose end provide any significant calcium hardness removal. They just can’t handle the volume. You need an actual water softener for your well and, even then, it would need to be regenerated a lot to refill your pool.

Please post water test results for your well water. Knowing the pH/TA/CH of the well will help us better offer advice.

 

[BowserB]

How high? Do you have a water test result you can share? We don't have a well, but our local city water is pretty hard. I've never heard of a filter that would remove dissolved minerals, however a water softener might be something to consider. If you get a whole house model, it will have benefits for plumbing, water heater, dish washer, and other stuff. If concern about sodium in your drinking and plant water, you can use potassium chloride instead of regular sodium chloride. I grew up in a place with naturally soft water, so when we moved to Houston, what a shock! After 40 years of hard water, we moved to a new house and first thing was to get a water softener. Best $2,500 we've spent.

 

[Enkil810]

None of the ones that attach to a hose end provide any significant calcium hardness removal. They just can’t handle the volume. You need an actual water softener for your well and, even then, it would need to be regenerated a lot to refill your pool.

Please post water test results for your well water. Knowing the pH/TA/CH of the well will help us better offer advice.

Ph: 7.8
TA: 270
CH:

None of the ones that attach to a hose end provide any significant calcium hardness removal. They just can’t handle the volume. You need an actual water softener for your well and, even then, it would need to be regenerated a lot to refill your pool.

Please post water test results for your well water. Knowing the pH/TA/CH of the well will help us better offer advice.

Well it's not as bad as I thought.
TA: 7.8
TA: 250
CH: 350
My salt system recommended 200-400 CH. So I'm in range. But it recommends 30-50 CYA. I thought it was supposed to be higher than that for salt sytems.

 

[JoyfulNoise]

Ph: 7.8
TA: 270
CH:

Well it's not as bad as I thought.
TA: 7.8
TA: 250
CH: 350
My salt system recommended 200-400 CH. So I'm in range. But it recommends 30-50 CYA. I thought it was supposed to be higher than that for salt sytems.

Don’t confuse “industry standards” and “TFP recommendations” .. they are not the same. The pool industry simply parrots whatever the EPA/CDC tells them so that they can’t be held liable for anything. Their recommendations are not based on science or the practical application of water chemistry that benefits the pool owner. TFP has shown over and over and over again how following industry guidelines leads to all sorts of water quality problems and equipment issues.

Your well water is fine. You will need to bring the TA down into recommended ranges using the acid/aeration method. But you will also need to implement a solution not using well water to constantly fill your pool or else the CH will rise quickly. People with high CH fill water either install whole house water softeners to remove calcium or, if that’s not possible, they will use RV water softeners to process fill water from an outdoor spigot.