High TDS Well - 06/27/21 02:11 PM
I have a 1/2 acre pond about 500’ down hill from our house. This pond was designed to be filled by runoff, assuming we get rain. The last 3 years we have been experiencing lower than normal precipitation so having a full pond is very rare. I had a 120’ deep well dug to assist is keeping up with evaporation. Unfortunately after a year of using this well, 3000 gallons a day, I tested my TDS from the well which is around 2300 ppm. My pond is around 2000 ppm. We sit on a ancient coral reef apparently so limestone is found everywhere but I think the high TDS is from salinity. I’m getting a refractometer to test this theory. Since my discovery I’ve stopped using the well. My home well is also 2300 ppm so we don’t use it much either. We utilize a rural water coop for our house water. My question is, how can I soften my well output so I can continue to top off my pond? I’ve tried filtering thru a barrel of peat moss but it had no affect. We use a water softener in the house but 3000 gpd is more than a softener I can afford can handle. Any ideas?