Well water and nitrates

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I have a well at my house and the water has a nitrate level of between 20 and 40ppm. I have some treatment that does not remove the nitrate. I heard somewhere that if you let your water sit for a few days it will naturally evaporate. Is that so.
 
If you are getting numbers like that at the tap. I would ask you to have a water test run by your health Dpt for safety reasons and not drink it until you get an all clear
 
Nitrate will not dissipate from the water. It is bound too strongly to solution for that to work. If anything, the concentration will rise as water evaporates.

Edit: yes, that level is well above what is considered safe for drinking--the cutoff level is around 10 ppm.
 
Sounds like you need an RO/DI unit. Have you tested other things like phosphate, copper, etc.?
 
i have well water and 0 nitrates

if you have a sediment filter then change it as i get some if the filter hasn't been changed in a while ,..
 
I did a bit of investigation and found that 20-40ppm was after adding salt and before salt and after treatment was closer to 20ppm but hard to tell with the test strip. My tap looked less than 20 but again hard to tell so I will go out and get a better kit. Thanks for the advice
 
Dude this is not something you want to trust to an at home test kit.you need to make sure no ones sertic is getting in the well.that's why I said have your health Dpt test the well
 
McLendon said:
Dude this is not something you want to trust to an at home test kit.you need to make sure no ones sertic is getting in the well.that's why I said have your health Dpt test the well
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I had a company come in and test the water and they recommended putting a water treatment system to reduce the hardness. They also tested the nitrates and said they were below 10ppm. I know the company personally and they would not steer me wrong. When I was doing water test on my tank that is what concerned me. I recently downsized to a smaller tank and I heard that possibly stirring up the sand could cause the tank to re-cycle. I believed that to be the case. But I started to check my water for top off and water changes and that is how this whole thing started. I assume the higher levels were from the water sitting still and have decided to make smaller batches to help that out. As far as the house I figure a test at home depot should get me a baseline and if it seem high then I will have that company come and give it another test. The septic systems close to my well are far enough away that they should not have any affect but if problems arise I will definitely have them checked. I am putting in an RO for my kitchen water but that only covers cold and the house might be too much of and undertaking. Thanks for all the advice.
 
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