Re: OT:chlorinating rural wells?

Posted by Ibby on May 13, 2005 at 03:13:58 from (63.146.104.151):

In Reply to: OT:chlorinating rural wells? posted by IaGuy on May 12, 2005 at 18:35:16:

If the red water is caused by iron bacteria, chlorinating the well should stop it at least for a while. The trick is to get the chlorine ALL the way to the bottom. Dumping it on top may nopt let it reach very far down.

I cleared up my father-in-law's well by mixing a gallon of Chlorox into 10 gallons of water. I coulped together enoufgh garden hose to reach the BOTTOM of the well (almost 200 feet) We fed the hose into the casing until it hit bottom and he started pouring the chlorox mixture into the hose as I withdrew it. We still had chlorine left when it was all out, so I fed it back into the well as he kept pouring it in.

After sitting overnight, he pumped it out until no chlorine odor remained. It worked so well that he was able to remove all the filters, precipitators and other gimmicks he spent so much money on in a vain attempt to treat it.

I caution that this might not work for everyone. This case was an iron lined well that had sat for 20 years. If the red is caused by OTHER than iron bacteria, or if the bacteria is in the aquifer, this won't work. Good Luck!

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