sediment
How does Zeolite work?
Most well water sources create sediment.
Almost every private water (well) source is going to create a sediment buildup inside the bladder of your pressure tank, over time, packing very densely – when you run large and fast amounts of water in the house, it stirs up that sediment and it ends up clogging your filters and aerators.
When installing any new water treatment system, you should hire out or personally perform a “pressure tank flush” and “salt chlorination shock” to your source. Without performing these actions, it is like getting an oil change for your car and having them leave the old filter in place.
Flush That Pressure Tank!
If you live on municipal water, you should rarely have an issue with sediment, but you want to make sure that the Pressure Reducing Valve does not exceed 120 psi and you will not have a pressure tank. Any private water system with a drilled well, a dug well or even a gravity fed cistern will require the assistance of a pump to build pressure within your home to provide service to all of the fixtures you have. These systems require a storage and pressure regulating object called a Pressure Tank, which allows for 20 psi pressure drop as you use the water where the water comes into and is stored in a rubber bladder.
This pressure is what pushes water through the Jen-Loc water filtration systems but is prone to sediment buildup from the source water. Over time, sediment accumulates in fine layers inside the bladder of the tank and diminishes the ability of the system to work properly, can shorten the life of the (expensive) pump and clog up your fixture aerators or sediment filters.
The Jen-Loc water filtration systems double as a flushable filter to keep sediment from the house but also require that proper maintenance is performed to minimize debris clogging our filter screens and diminishing your water pressure. There is a simple process that you can follow that takes about 30 minutes every summer, that allows you to flush that past years’ worth of sediment out of your tank and prolong the life of the tank to greater than 30 years!