question on well-water

[lorieMN]

jeeez,people have been drinking well water for ever..I have all my life,just use some common sense with things and you sholdnt have a problem,if you want to feel better you could dump a gallon of plain old bleach in the well once a month or so..I really think the reason people are getting sick from little bugs is because they are not exposing themselves to bugs and run to the doctor for every little sniffle and scratch

 

[Jaimi]

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I SOOO agree...

 

[sundance]

We have well water and its very heavy with limestone but it is also 1200 feed deep, so I don't think I have to worry about chicken poo, also the well is over 200 feet from the chicken run.I'm the last one on the water line.Since we have so much limestone I went on line &checked out magnesium oil esp since I have lots of joint pain, now I use the prells water so Idon't worry tomuch about anything else inthe water. marrie

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

Wow! I know they don't cap wells around here for impurities. There is a very short list of things that they'll cap for and they have a remediation program that falls into place prior to capping....


In our case, the coops are downstream of the well and just above the septic.....

We can also easily get testing done through a private testing place if we don't want to go to the state.

 

[MagsC]

We drank well water growing up, seven of us, and we were always perfectly healthy. I agree with the using common sense thing, a little of that goes a long way!

 

[werblessd1s]

We have well water and we've never had any problems.

 

[swampducks]

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This depends on where you live. We had a new well drilled last summer because our old one was only 22 feet deep and was nasty to look at, taste, etc. The new one is 98 feet. The county heath district requires a test for e. coli, etc. Ours was negative for e. coli. However, it was positive for something called "total coliform bacteria". I read up a lot on this and am not concerned. I've bleached the system twice and still get a POS on the TCBs.

The problem with the test is that you could have a few bacteria and get a positive the same as if you had a million. TCBs occur naturally in the ground, it can be impossible to get rid of. Now the health dept told me all sorts of things one could do, it's probable if I ever sell my house and IF the county or state makes a well test a requirement to sell a house, then I'll have to treat the water. That would require some ultrta-violet, expensive system of over-kill between my pressure tank and the rest of the house.

Till then the health department ignores me and I ignore them.

I'm not dead yet.

 

[ibpboo]

I have a well, there are 5 houses on it so it is tested on a yearly basis. It is considered a small state system. There have always been chickens and horses on this property, one acre, and the water almost always tests clean. On occasion it has tested positive for TCB, usually after some work has been done to a pipe somewhere, so it is standard procedure to do the bleach thing anytime an opening has been made. (Hey, the toilets get really clean then!) The TCB themselves are not harmful, it is just an indicator that there is an area where bacteria 'could' enter. In our case, the recent TCB positive was because the well lid (or however you call it) was not fastened down completely tight. We tightened the bolts, treated the well, retested the water after a few days, and all was good to go.

 

[wyliefarms]

I agree that it shouldn't be an issue. Sounds like most people on this site have small flocks.

To the one who has a $3000 softener....I hope you got all the bells and whistles. That very expensive for just a water softener. We own a water softener company and our softeners are half that price.

 

[MissPrissy]

Wells with contanimants can be outfitted with UV lights that destroy bacteria. It is fairly commonin many places of the US. Also the use of bleach and allowing the water to run for a few hours.

I have always had well water. The chemical smell of city water makes it so that I can't drink it.

Our current well is 100 ft deep, hand dug, stone lined and is 98 years old. During power outages we can drop a bucket and hoist water. Our water is cold and delicious.