Sulfur water treatment

dvan1966 · Jul 19, 2020

I have sulfur water and it is treated with a hydrogen peroxide injection system which works. But that system is old and needs replaced. I have a quote for another peroxide injection system and a quote for a Smartclear air induction system which is chemical free and about $900 cheaper. Anyone have any experience with the Smartclear system or any air induction system? The sales guy says it will work for me. If needed a peroxide injection system can be added, but he says I don't need one.

coldsteelva · Jul 20, 2020

I guess it really depends on just how much sulfur we're talking about. I have an air induction (eductor?) system and a water softener. The air system uses a fiberglass tank with media (similar to a softener), but the media captures the sulfur. Every 4 days, the system runs: the air valve opens and introduces ambient air to the media (displacing some of the captured sulfur), then backwashes and dumps the sulfur to the house drain and then it's ready to capture more sulfur.

Every 6 months or so, I manually introduce 4 cups of chlorine bleach via the air valve and a suction tube. This essentially extracts all the sulfur from the media (better than the periodic air flush) and I'm good for another 6 months. We know it's time to perform this, when we can smell sulfur at the tap. Media gets replaced every 8 years or so.

My understanding is the peroxide injection (or chlorine injection) systems are better for significant sulfur contents so it really is dependent on your water chemistry.

Valveman · Jul 21, 2020

You might look at the Sulfur Eliminator. It uses 1.5 gallons per hour of aerated water dropped down the well, no chemicals. You may have trouble running another water line to the well in Ohio, but my customers in Florida and other southern states where the frost level isn't deep say these work very well.

Darryle · Jul 21, 2020

I built my own chlorination system, small rotary pump that used rollers and surgical tubing that was controlled by the pressure switch. I used a 55 gallon plastic drum that I filled with water, then I added a 1/4 cup of chlorine to the drum until I got close to the right mixture. I went 1 week between adding chlorine to make sure I was getting the least amount of chlorine but "killing" the smell. It was a very simple system that set me back less than $300.

The original quote for a "commercial" system was over $1k