WaterDrop G2P600 RO On Well Water. (18 mo later still good)

[@LegflexUtube]

Getting one for my well water setup. Very helpful and eager to see how your RO membrane holds up over time. Thank you for the video.

[@jatoav8or]

I’m glad it was helpful. This system has been in service for two years now and it’s been fantastic. I change all the cartridges once a year and that’s it. I would just make sure you have some kind of pre filter similar to what I did to catch any debris. In fact I would do that even on a municipal water system. That pre filter cartridge is a lot cheaper than the RO cartridge! Good luck and happy holidays!

[@LegflexUtube]

Glad to hear that the system is still performing after two years. I was one a similar path as you, I have the Rusco 100 spindown and a 5 micron after that, followed by a water softener before the RO filter. My well water here in Cancun is about 550 ppm TDS so not terrible. I will let you know how it turns out. Thank you again for the reply and video.

[@markzapf7633]

Hi the manufacturer specification says that the RO is for a municipal water system. Not sure it would work effectively on a well? Thanks

[@jatoav8or]

Prior to to purchasing & installing this system I corresponded extensively with waterdrop and a couple other manufacturers I was interested in and here’s the conclusion we arrived at. The bottom line is all the companies I spoke with approved using their RO systems with well water provided it’s adequately pre filtered. My pre filter process is a 500 mesh 30 micron spin-down filter and a waterdrop WD-AS08 0.5 micron stainless steel cartridge filter. As you can imagine, well water can vary wildly in quality. In my instance the testing process revealed extremely low levels of mineral solids and no pollutants whereas the local “municipal” water I opted out of has chronic issues with dissolved iron and detectable levels of nitrates. After all, most municipalities derive their water from wells that is then filtered and treated with chlorine and fluoride. The well head for the small community I’m in is about 2,000 feet north east of my well on the Long Beach Peninsula of Wa. It’s basically a 20 mile long sand spit formed by sediment from the Columbia river. It’s a very unique process that produces the fresh water here. The USGS published a study that explains the process. apps.ecology.wa.gov/publications/documents/90e09.pdf