Air Injection Iron Filter Maintenance

11 will the rainfresh cafo air induction chemical free iron filter unit work with any kind of water pump.
Air injection iron filter maintenance. Iron filters air injection birm green sand katalox and centaur carbon. The durawater iron eater filter is our top selling iron filter and utilizes air injection to oxidize the iron and hydrogen sulfide which causes the rotten egg smell. We installed a katalox tank with air injection almost 3 1 2 years ago and the system has worked flawlessly without any maintenance other than a weekly backwash yes weekly not daily as recommended. It wasn t that long ago december 27 2018 to be exact that i wrote a blog called the truth about air injection filters in that blog i wrote this.
When iron is oxidized it is much easier to filter out of the water by the iron blend media and once hydrogen sulfide is oxidized the gas is released. The main type of air injection filter we see is a filter designed to remove iron. I m not disagreeing that h2o2 is a better oxidizer but i m. 12 where do i install the rainfresh cafo air induction chemical free iron filter.
The cafo can work with any type of well pump submersible or jet as long as the pump delivers a flow rate of over 5 gpm for the unit to operate. Air is injected into the water line and then the air injected water goes into a tall thin filter tank that collects the sedimentary iron and periodically cleans itself of the iron sediment it has collected and sends it down the drain. Removes iron manganese h2s. The springwell air injection oxidizing filter system a four stage design maintains an air pocket at the top of the tank while in use.
Clean fresh and clear water is then distributed through your faucets. That blog precipitated a lot of dissents some of it actually very nasty but i still stand behind what i wrote them. The water passes through the air pocket oxidizing and filtering the iron sulfur and manganese. Maybe i should have called this why us water systems does not sell air injection iron filters.