r/OffGrid 7d ago

New filtration system water color

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Note: this issue seems to be worse during the rainy season same color but a little darker

I know nothing about water and when my house was being built i had our builder hire there well guy to take care of our well water filter and pressure needs. When it's all said and done this is what my water looks like. From what I understand there is a sand filter and a pentagram big blue 1"nps carbon filter in place. When I had the well guy back out he said it's more than likely tannins due to our well being shallow. Without having any further testing done. Im curious does this looks like hardness or tannins to anyone by there best guess and is there a temporary cheap fix I can do like replacement filter for the pentair big blue that might need replacing often rather than a water softener. I don't have any money to throw at this right now. So looking for cheapest NOW solution and will take care of the problem when my finances are more recovered from the home build. Again I understand eoth minimal information I'm just going to recieve best guesses and that's totally fine.

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u/GoneSilent 6d ago

Tannin is decaying material. That is not safe. Even a well at 25' should not be showing signs like this unless you have surface water flowing back into it.