Bore Water Treatment
Perth’s Bore Water
There are three main bore water quality issues that impact how we use bore water in Perth.
- Iron Content – staining and property/infrastucture damage
- High Salinity – detrimental to plant health
- Bicarbonate, calcium and magnesium – staining and property/infrastucture damage
We are familiar with the mineral profile of Perth’s suburbs and have developed bore water treatment systems that effectively manage these common bore water quality issues.
Below is our guide to Smart Bore Water Management.
Iron Staining
This is the most obvious bore water problem that visibly damages properties and irrigation systems by clogging sprinklers and drippers.
There are several ways of managing bore water with high iron concentrations depending on bore water mineral profile and site layout.
These are the most common and effective ways to manage iron staining:
- Replace sprinklers with subsurface drip irrigation and prevent iron from being sprayed onto surfaces. The iron remains in the water but isn’t able to stain property.
- Install a bore water treatment system that separates out and captures iron before it ever enters the irrigation system.
Once the iron saturated water is managed and is not added to the iron stain, then existing stain can be removed.
Salty Water Treatment
If left untreated, plants wilt and die as salt builds up on their leaves and in their roots. A crust will form that stops plants absorbing nutrients that they need to grow and stay healthy.
Salt water is easily treatable as the problem only comes from two places. The ocean and river or from ground water. Unfortunately this is another of Perth’s common water issues that arises from being a coastal city.
We have fixed the problem of high salinity concentrations across Perth at many coastal homes, schools and public spaces.
Click through to o see our salt water solutions.
Perth’s Underground Water Source
Perth’s has three water aquifers. The Leederville and Yarragadee are not for residential bore use. These shallow, unconfined aquifers are the body of water that many homes bores are tapped into. The quality and quantity of the unconfined aquifer is variable; for example borewater in Mt Claremont has high levels of calcium and iron, borewater near the Swan River in Applecross is quite salty; while areas like Kensington has crystal clear borewater that you can easily use for drinking water (Potable Water).
Water Corporation maintains the mass provision of water across Perth under its Integrated Water Supply Scheme (IWSS) Under this scheme water is taken from underground aquafiers, desalination plants and reservoirs, it is then treated with ultra violent light, filtration systems and mixed with chemicals such as chlorine and fluoride.
Water Corporation treatment systems for your Scheme Water removes the bad impurities in the water AND the good nutrients.
Borewater enables residents to reduce their water bill if they use it for garden irrigation and control the nutrients in the water if consumed at home.
Iron Staining
Salty Water
Bore installations
Consult
Site visit- A site visit is a prerequisite to any bore water treatment solution because it informs our design process. During the site consult we gather information such as:
- How you intend to use your water
- Where is the best location to install your bore water treatment system
- Preliminary water trialysis and occasionally soil testing
- We take water samples for external laboratory analysis and design your system based on your specific bore water mineral profile. This is an additional cost of $220.
- If you already have your bore water raw mineral profile, we can work with that.
- Other factors such as sprinkler staining and location, flow rate and water pressure are also recorded for design and quoting.
Bore Water Treatment
Remove 99% of Iron- Suitable for hot spot suburbs with heavy iron staining where bore water is used only externally to irrigate lawns and gardens.
- This is the typical cost to install a comprehensive residential bore water treatment system.
- It is composed of three integral water treatment technologies:
- 1 x Standing Sand filter containing porous catalytic sand media
- 1 x Water Conditioning Unit that changes the ionic structure of your bore water at a molecular level
- 1 x Chlorine Dosing Unit that microdoses chlorine to target any refrom maining iron.
- It take approximately 10 working days to complete a full installation. This includes your site consult, waiting for your bore water test results to come back, design and finally intallation.
- Installation is a single day event.
- We return about three weeks later to inspect the installation and make minor adjustments to fine tune your new bore water treatment system.
Salt Treatment
Unlock hidden nutrientsSalt is common in bore water of properties close to the Swan River and pockets along the Swan Coastal Plain.
This is how much your average bore water treatment system is to mitigate plant wilting/deaths in Perth.
Earth & Water supply and install water conditioning units that change ionic structure of your bore water.
The outcome of this type of bore water treatment sytem is:
Increased nutrient uptake
Healthier gardens & lawns.
Reduced mineral scaling on leaves, buildings, paving and fences
Installation takes two days with a site visit on the first day and full installation the next day.
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