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perchie.girl
RIP 1953-2021
I think one of the concern these days is here in the us is Filtraton for any particulates.
In My Honest Opinion. The more "stuff" we consume the healthier we are. For instance my stock tank um er fire water tank draws the water from about eighteen inches from the bottom. Because my well goes dry during regular pumping often times that draws sand up through and delivers it to the house. My water tank has a cap.... But I know for certain this is to allow air in and out for varying water levels. Bugs can certainly climb up and in and drop intot the water below. Am I concerned? NO. The water that comes from that tank tastes sweeter than the water delivered directly to the house. From the same pipes.
The difference I believe (without any research) The water has a bit of time in the big tank to "OUTGASS" the sulpher oder delivered by the pipes. I read about well management and found that the pipes for wells can be lined with bacteria who eat Hydrogen Sulphide... And excrete a Rotten egg odor.
OK here is an article on this.
http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/articles/QandA/OTsp00_Q_A.pdf
What your mom did with the bleach was spot on. NEar the end of this article talks about how much bleach to add to your well and how its important to run it through your pipes.
What I read on earlier reading was to pour the bleach down your well pipe... In my case the pipe is 450 feet deep my water column is approximatley 90 feet of that. Thats how full the well gets when its not used. The whole gallon of un scented bleach goes in the well. Then you run the well at the source spigot till you smell bleach. then turn that off .... In my case 1000 feet of water line to the house.... So then go to the lowest water spigot then run that one till I smell bleach. Then the next and the next till I get to the water heater and run that one. Once All the water sources in the house smell of bleach.... turn it all off and dont run it again for 24 hours.
Then working back wards run each faucet till you dont smell bleach again. I cant do it from the lowest point because there are check valves in that 1000 foot pipe line. I also cant do it from any of the hose bibs because they are plumbed to the water tank.
But in the long run the odor is only a nuisance If it were to develope to poisonous levels the water would be entirely undrinkable.
deb
In My Honest Opinion. The more "stuff" we consume the healthier we are. For instance my stock tank um er fire water tank draws the water from about eighteen inches from the bottom. Because my well goes dry during regular pumping often times that draws sand up through and delivers it to the house. My water tank has a cap.... But I know for certain this is to allow air in and out for varying water levels. Bugs can certainly climb up and in and drop intot the water below. Am I concerned? NO. The water that comes from that tank tastes sweeter than the water delivered directly to the house. From the same pipes.
The difference I believe (without any research) The water has a bit of time in the big tank to "OUTGASS" the sulpher oder delivered by the pipes. I read about well management and found that the pipes for wells can be lined with bacteria who eat Hydrogen Sulphide... And excrete a Rotten egg odor.
OK here is an article on this.
http://www.nesc.wvu.edu/ndwc/articles/QandA/OTsp00_Q_A.pdf
What your mom did with the bleach was spot on. NEar the end of this article talks about how much bleach to add to your well and how its important to run it through your pipes.
What I read on earlier reading was to pour the bleach down your well pipe... In my case the pipe is 450 feet deep my water column is approximatley 90 feet of that. Thats how full the well gets when its not used. The whole gallon of un scented bleach goes in the well. Then you run the well at the source spigot till you smell bleach. then turn that off .... In my case 1000 feet of water line to the house.... So then go to the lowest water spigot then run that one till I smell bleach. Then the next and the next till I get to the water heater and run that one. Once All the water sources in the house smell of bleach.... turn it all off and dont run it again for 24 hours.
Then working back wards run each faucet till you dont smell bleach again. I cant do it from the lowest point because there are check valves in that 1000 foot pipe line. I also cant do it from any of the hose bibs because they are plumbed to the water tank.
But in the long run the odor is only a nuisance If it were to develope to poisonous levels the water would be entirely undrinkable.
deb