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10-19-2009, 02:05 AM
One of the benefits of living in UItah is that we have great neighborhoods, spectacular scenery and beautiful seasons (one of these day, I’ll get used to all the snow). As I travel around the nation, it is always interesting to me to see how water varies from state to state and town to town. [...]
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One of the benefits of living in Utah is that we have great neighborhoods, spectacular scenery and beautiful seasons (one of these day, I’ll get used to all the snow). As I travel around the nation, it is always interesting to me to see how water varies from state to state and town to town. One always hears about certain areas that have particularly hard water in Utah, like Riverton, Herriman, which all have water hardness levels exceeding 35gpg of Calcium Carbonate hardness on a consistent basis. I am becoming quite concerned about the overall trend that I’m noticing in a number of areas like Bountiful, Centerville, Lindon and Pleasant Grove, where there are broad fluctuations in average water hardness. I was recently at a home in Bountiful where their water hardness fluctuated from 18gpg to as high at 38gpg and back again over a period of six months. Intuitively, one must believe that this is due to the local water utility having to use alternate water sources as the demand for water exceeds the allocated supply.
Based on field-reports from our service team, and my personal observations, the following regional information will be of interest to other water professionals and concerned homeowners:
Orem, Lindon - Hardness levels are increasing, and softeners are showing strong evidence of hydrocarbon contamination. These oils can easily be removed by a systemic performance enhancing cleaner like Pur-Gard.
Provo – Seasonal corrosion is beginning to increase again, as evidenced by the increasing levels of dissolved CO2 in the water. As the ambient temperature drops further through winter the dissolved CO2 levels will continue to rise and cause additional complications for home and business users.
Pleasant Grove, Manilla, and American Fork – Increasing water hardness levels, especially in areas surrounding the LDS temple towards Cedar Hills, where we are seeing elevated iron levels – even on municipal water.
Alpine/Highland – Generally stable, hardness is steady around 18 – 23gpg with traces of iron. Wells along Bull river run show elevated ferrous iron levels.
Eagle Mountain and the Ranches – The water supply here continues to fluctuate in quality and availability, hardness fluctuating wildly from month to month, but generally worse at the end of summer, averaging from 18gpg -25gpg.
Saratoga Springs – The city supply is stable around 22gpg of hardness, but private wells headed towards Pelican Bay are exhibiting anomalous levels of iron, hardness, manganese, hydrogen sulfide, and even dramatic fluctuations in water temperature.
Mosida – Consistently hard water in excess of 30gpg, with sulfates, silica and high TDS levels creating complications and consternation for many water softener owners.
Goshen and Genola – Slight improvement in Iron levels around the south end of Utah lake, but stable hardness levels between 23 – 30gpg depending on the locale.
Santaquin, Payson, Spring Lake and West Mountain – Increasing hardness levels, with increasing levels of heavy metals, especially on the west side on I-15
Elk Ridge, Woodland Hills, Salem, and surrounding area – Generally stable hardness levels at 15gpg – 25 gpg, increasing towards the east. Staining iron levels are consostently being found in Elk Ridge.
Spanish Fork and Benjamin – Hardness levels are increasing again, and iron levels are in excess of 2ppm in many areas, especially around the Hindu temple. Water along South Field road is much worse this year; many homeowners are reporting massive iron problems, hydrogen sulfide, HPC bacteria and increasing hardness levels. Palmyra’s water continues to represent 25gpg hardness and 3ppm iron.
Springville, Mapleton and Hobble creek canyon – East-Springville’s corrosive water conditions seem to be declining…someone is doing the right thing at a municipal level. Years of corrosive water have caused numerous problems in this area as evidenced by blue/green staining on bathtubs, sinks, toilets, tile grout and of-course significant water softener degradation and failure due to copper fouling. I’ve noticed that our systems installed using Hydrolyte Formulas 2, 3, and 3a have been completely unaffected by the elevated copper. The resin itself is stronger and faster than traditional gel cationic resins and when built into a system that includes Pur-Gard injection it works like a champ! The surrounding area continues to show sulfates, ferrous iron, and elevated hardness around 23gpg.
Park City/Deer Valley – Heavy metal content is increasing, especially during the summer months. Water in the Wolf Creek area continues to have lowered pH levels, which are a ticking corrosion time-bomb. Heber city and the surrounding area are still showing lowered pH, especially around Inn-on-the-creek and along Highway 40 towards Jordanelle Reservoir. Coalville city’s water is constant, but wells up along chalk creek road are showing elevated ferrous iron, HPC’s and iron reducing bacteria.
If you live in Utah, please visit our nationally certified in-home service team at www.intermountainsoftwater.com to learn more about the ways you can improve the water in your home, through water softening, conditioning, filtration and advanced purification technologies that we offer.
If you already own a water treatment system, always keep your water treatment system properly maintained but having the appropriate periodic maintenance services performed. It is worth every penny.
I’ll post more results and comments about the greater SLC area, northern, and southern Utah when I return from the Pacific Water Quality Association Convention.
More... (http://gregknowswater.com/2009/10/14/utah-soft-water-hard-water-and-other-observations-about-our-water/)
One of the benefits of living in Utah is that we have great neighborhoods, spectacular scenery and beautiful seasons (one of these day, I’ll get used to all the snow). As I travel around the nation, it is always interesting to me to see how water varies from state to state and town to town. One always hears about certain areas that have particularly hard water in Utah, like Riverton, Herriman, which all have water hardness levels exceeding 35gpg of Calcium Carbonate hardness on a consistent basis. I am becoming quite concerned about the overall trend that I’m noticing in a number of areas like Bountiful, Centerville, Lindon and Pleasant Grove, where there are broad fluctuations in average water hardness. I was recently at a home in Bountiful where their water hardness fluctuated from 18gpg to as high at 38gpg and back again over a period of six months. Intuitively, one must believe that this is due to the local water utility having to use alternate water sources as the demand for water exceeds the allocated supply.
Based on field-reports from our service team, and my personal observations, the following regional information will be of interest to other water professionals and concerned homeowners:
Orem, Lindon - Hardness levels are increasing, and softeners are showing strong evidence of hydrocarbon contamination. These oils can easily be removed by a systemic performance enhancing cleaner like Pur-Gard.
Provo – Seasonal corrosion is beginning to increase again, as evidenced by the increasing levels of dissolved CO2 in the water. As the ambient temperature drops further through winter the dissolved CO2 levels will continue to rise and cause additional complications for home and business users.
Pleasant Grove, Manilla, and American Fork – Increasing water hardness levels, especially in areas surrounding the LDS temple towards Cedar Hills, where we are seeing elevated iron levels – even on municipal water.
Alpine/Highland – Generally stable, hardness is steady around 18 – 23gpg with traces of iron. Wells along Bull river run show elevated ferrous iron levels.
Eagle Mountain and the Ranches – The water supply here continues to fluctuate in quality and availability, hardness fluctuating wildly from month to month, but generally worse at the end of summer, averaging from 18gpg -25gpg.
Saratoga Springs – The city supply is stable around 22gpg of hardness, but private wells headed towards Pelican Bay are exhibiting anomalous levels of iron, hardness, manganese, hydrogen sulfide, and even dramatic fluctuations in water temperature.
Mosida – Consistently hard water in excess of 30gpg, with sulfates, silica and high TDS levels creating complications and consternation for many water softener owners.
Goshen and Genola – Slight improvement in Iron levels around the south end of Utah lake, but stable hardness levels between 23 – 30gpg depending on the locale.
Santaquin, Payson, Spring Lake and West Mountain – Increasing hardness levels, with increasing levels of heavy metals, especially on the west side on I-15
Elk Ridge, Woodland Hills, Salem, and surrounding area – Generally stable hardness levels at 15gpg – 25 gpg, increasing towards the east. Staining iron levels are consostently being found in Elk Ridge.
Spanish Fork and Benjamin – Hardness levels are increasing again, and iron levels are in excess of 2ppm in many areas, especially around the Hindu temple. Water along South Field road is much worse this year; many homeowners are reporting massive iron problems, hydrogen sulfide, HPC bacteria and increasing hardness levels. Palmyra’s water continues to represent 25gpg hardness and 3ppm iron.
Springville, Mapleton and Hobble creek canyon – East-Springville’s corrosive water conditions seem to be declining…someone is doing the right thing at a municipal level. Years of corrosive water have caused numerous problems in this area as evidenced by blue/green staining on bathtubs, sinks, toilets, tile grout and of-course significant water softener degradation and failure due to copper fouling. I’ve noticed that our systems installed using Hydrolyte Formulas 2, 3, and 3a have been completely unaffected by the elevated copper. The resin itself is stronger and faster than traditional gel cationic resins and when built into a system that includes Pur-Gard injection it works like a champ! The surrounding area continues to show sulfates, ferrous iron, and elevated hardness around 23gpg.
Park City/Deer Valley – Heavy metal content is increasing, especially during the summer months. Water in the Wolf Creek area continues to have lowered pH levels, which are a ticking corrosion time-bomb. Heber city and the surrounding area are still showing lowered pH, especially around Inn-on-the-creek and along Highway 40 towards Jordanelle Reservoir. Coalville city’s water is constant, but wells up along chalk creek road are showing elevated ferrous iron, HPC’s and iron reducing bacteria.
If you live in Utah, please visit our nationally certified in-home service team at www.intermountainsoftwater.com to learn more about the ways you can improve the water in your home, through water softening, conditioning, filtration and advanced purification technologies that we offer.
If you already own a water treatment system, always keep your water treatment system properly maintained but having the appropriate periodic maintenance services performed. It is worth every penny.
I’ll post more results and comments about the greater SLC area, northern, and southern Utah when I return from the Pacific Water Quality Association Convention.