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It's All About That Base, No Gravel!

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The future of water treatment has arrived and it,s GREEN! Recently Beauchamp Water Treatment and Supply announced we switched our entire line of water treatment equipment from the old distributor tube and gravel method for water treatment tanks to Vortech Plate Technology.  This really is an evolution in water treatment that can potentially change the way the entire water treatment industry approach to water treatment applications. The old way : The traditional water treatment tank system has a distributor tube and gravel base.  All the water flowing through the system is funneled through the distributor to service and the regeneration process. Very high volumes of water are required to properly regenerate this style tank along with higher water pressure.  A standard 10x54 water softener tank could use up to 150 gallons of water for a complete regeneration cycle and filtration tanks for iron and manganese removal can use even more! Old Style Water Treatment Tank with Grav...

No Water, Gravel and Ear Wigs, OH MY!

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A customer in Brighton, MI recently called to say they have no water and a well drilling company had been out to look at the same problem a few days earlier.  They couldn't get in contact with the well company, that day, so they asked if we could help.  We had them by-pass all the water treatment equipment, while on the phone with them, and they immediately had water but very low pressure.  We promptly went to the home to asses the problem.  Apparently, the well company had re-pressurized the bladder and adjusted the pressure switch higher as the believed that was the problem.  This customer has an AIO filtration system and water softener to treat high iron and hydrogen sulfide along with extremely hard water.  While assessing the problem it was apparent there was a bigger problem then just low air in the bladder tank. We disconnected the iron filtration system and discovered the inlet was totally plugged with gravel.  Luckily the check valve, on ...