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Originally Posted by taminga16
...Buy a WATER TANK!
Greg.
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Probably the best long-term solution if done well (first flush bypass and regularly remove the dead possums
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Originally Posted by AdrianF
Was under the impression activated carbon was to reduce odour in the water.
The sales rep claimed the ceramic filter was a 0.5 micron filter to remove sediment and the AC filter to remove odours.
We have been using filtered water from Kilcoy to cook and make tea and coffee but it starts getting expensive driving from Yarraman to Kilcoy and back. So tried the town water and my cuppa had brown sludge form on the top, this was before the filter. After the filter was activated over night same problem. I cannot see taste or smell any difference in the water.
Adrian
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AC will (or should) remove certain classes of chemical, some of which are malodorous. However other smelly chemicals are not removed by AC. You need to determine the source of your problem and then arrange the right treatment.
According to the Toowoomba Council website 'Yarraman is supplied with water from the Ted Pukallus Weir' and 'all town water is treated and meets the Australian drinking water standard'. Also note:
'The
Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 requires Toowoomba Regional Council, as a water service provider, to prepare and operate its drinking water schemes in accordance with a Drinking Water Quality Management Plan (DWQMP), which must be approved by the Queensland Government Office of the Water Supply Regulator (OWSR). Council’s DWQMP for the Toowoomba, Crows Nest, Hampton, Highfields, Perseverance and Cressbrook drinking water schemes was approved on 28 June 2011. A DWQMP covering the remaining Toowoomba Regional Council drinking water schemes has been prepared and submitted to the OWSR, and is awaiting approval.
The Act also requires drinking water service providers that hold approved DWQMPs to prepare an annual report on performance against the approved plan, and submit the report to the OWSR within 120 working days of the end of each financial year. Toowoomba Regional Council’s first annual report, covering the Toowoomba, Crows Nest, Hampton, Highfields, Perseverance and Cressbrook drinking water schemes was prepared and submitted to the OWSR on 19 November 2012.
Copies of the 2011-12 Drinking Water Quality Management Plan Annual Report are available for perusal at each of Council’s Customer Service Centres. Copies of the report may also be obtained in electronic or printed form, by contacting the Administration Officer, Water Operations, on telephone 131 872 or
emailing council.'
So Yarraman is not yet covered by a DWQMP but its water should meet Australian standards and you may be able to get a copy of a report about its quality.
I would
1) Approach the Council and report that you have water quality problems and ask for a copy of any report(s) on the quality of the local water. Also ask for full details about the source of the water and its treatment. Don't worry if you don't understand the whole report,there are plenty of people on the forum who will.
2) Take the filter back and get a refund. If what others here have said on other threads is correct they have to take it back if it is unsuitable for the purpose for which it was sold. Obviously that is the case.
The environmental chemist I wanted to ask about this isn't here today so this is my guess FWIW. The water in the river is naturally fairly high in iron: this is normal. It also washes a fair amount of organic matter into the weir where it sinks to the bottom. If the weir is not mixing vertically (again quite normal) then the decomposition of the organic matter depletes the oxygen in the bottom water. This converts all the Fe to its ferrous form (Fe 2+) which is soluble. Apparently the water remains low in oxygen until it leaves your tap and gets into the kettle where it absorbs oxygen, thus turning the Fe ferric (Fe 3+), which is insoluble. So a precipitate of Fe2O3 and FeOOH forms and floats on the surface. It's harmless but unpleasant. The source of the odor is less clear. Perhaps it's from the decomposing organic matter. In particular any H2S formed will not be trapped by AC. Otherwise it's from the interaction of the precipitate with the tea. At various times I've made tea from river water and hard water and that tasted bad: worse than the straight water.
Let me know how you get on.
