Why the Well
Your well is trying to tell you something. Diagnose it before you buy a filter.
Private wells fail in the same boring ways, every day: smell, stains, crust, slime, no pressure, plus grit, blue-green, a flooded cap, black manganese, tea-colored water, and nitrates. Pick the one that matches your house. Two minutes. Then you will know what not to buy.
Smells like rotten eggsHot water only, or every tap? That split is the whole job.
Orange rust stainsSink, toilet, laundry. That is usually iron, not “dirty pipes.”
White crust on the showerSpots on glass, soap that will not lather. Hardness. Different tool.
Slimy toilet tankGelatinous gunk. Often bacteria in the well, not a cartridge filter.
Low pressure or short cyclingThe pump and tank, not a water-quality filter.
Grit, sand, or cloudy waterParticles you can feel. Not iron. Not a softener.
Blue-green stainsSinks, tubs, pinhole copper. Often low pH, not iron.
Flooded well / coliformCap, flood, heavy rain. Health department, not a pitcher.
Black or dingy gray stainsBlack specks, brown-black, gray laundry. Often manganese, not hardness.
Nitrates / farm countryLivestock, septic, infant formula. Lab and health department, not a pitcher.
Yellow or tea-colored waterColor that will not settle. Often tannins, not iron.
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Why the Well is a diagnostic desk for private wells. Not a plumber. Not a lab. Not city tap water.