bleaching my well water

[seth]

Hey,

I wanted to try bleaching my well instead of getting the $2500 iron treatment done. Has anyone ever done bleaching?

Seth

 

[OCBob]

Are you talking about using chlorine to combat high iron content? What is the iron concentration (ppm or mg/l) in your water? Do you have any other problem minerals?

 

[seth]

You know I can't find the water results from May when we had it tested, but the guy said everything was within limits. We noticed a little sulpher smell on the cold taps in one of the bathrooms and we had sand. So I had a sand filter installed and now all the cold water smells like sulpher.

My thought was to do the bleach in the well thing to kill off whatever is causing me my issue. The house is 2 years old.

 

[OCBob]

There is a good chance that you are smelling hydrogen sulfide which has as a source bacteria. Chlorine is a good way to treat for bacteria, but you need to be sure of your dosing. Too little and you will have no effect. Too much and you will have a very high chlorine residual, which could lead to undrinkable water or even worse the formation of THMs (which are carcinogens), though that is more likely to happen in surface water rather than ground water.


I would want to know what kind of bacteria it was if possible anyway, and try to identify the source so that you don't have this problem again and are sure that it isn't being contaminated from any real unsavory sources, if you get my drift heheh.

 

[Dominick572]

Look around for diffrent filters you can find a filter that can acually get rid of smell. At the same time it will filter out the sand because it is a filter.

Im a plumber, just by changing the filter could make a diffrence. Think about what your doing dumping bleach into your drinking water. Dont want to give the family chemical burns, have a pro do it if the filter change dosent work.

- Some filters also need a break in as well. Give each one 3 days total before changing out.

 

[Wifey]

Hey Bob, have one of these, just courious of what you think of it ( really)
now that you are the resident Water Boy :rock: :rock:


http://www.sealandsanitation.com/new_page_8.htm

http://www.sealandsanitation.com/how_it_works.htm

 

[OCBob]

Hey Bob, have one of these, just courious of what you think of it ( really)
now that you are the resident Water Boy :rock: :rock:


http://www.sealandsanitation.com/new_page_8.htm

http://www.sealandsanitation.com/how_it_works.htm

Are you on a well or a public system?

 

[seth]

I am on a well that is 600-700 feet deep. I had a 20" sand filter installed about three weeks ago. Right after we did the sulpher smell started coming out of all of the faucets. Any ideas or recommendations would help.

Is there a place I can buy that two tank system that looks like air tanks on-line? I have a really good plumber.

 

[Wifey]

Are you on a well or a public system?

On city water for now,( Had the Fixer on a boat we once owned.), but will most likely end up with a well or at least a water tank ( got a 1200 gal tank also) need 5000 gal for code.

 

[Dominick572]

I am on a well that is 600-700 feet deep. I had a 20" sand filter installed about three weeks ago. Right after we did the sulpher smell started coming out of all of the faucets. Any ideas or recommendations would help.

Is there a place I can buy that two tank system that looks like air tanks on-line? I have a really good plumber.

Most setups are made custom, would talk to a local Water Purifying / Filtering Company.

 

[seth]

I did and it is $2500 bucks. What filter did you use that did both iron and sand?

 

[TNVIPER]

we just add a little shine and everything is fine..:marchmellow:

 

[Dominick572]

I did and it is $2500 bucks. What filter did you use that did both iron and sand?

Dont know about a filter removing Iron, but you can get filters that remove odor. Those filters will also remove sand as well.

 

[seth]

Which one do you use?

 

[Django]

Visit our website www.superiorwater.com then call me at (800)903-9722.

We do well systems that are custom designed to the specific contents of your well water. We will need a very recent sample for testing....

Tim

 

[OCBob]

On city water for now,( Had the Fixer on a boat we once owned.), but will most likely end up with a well or at least a water tank ( got a 1200 gal tank also) need 5000 gal for code.

Sorry, haven't had the time to really look at this yet. I will though, promise hehe.