Having this 40 ft seasonal well, high iron no sulfer. I have been doing the 1 gallon bleach, by pass the softner and use 20 micron sediment filters. And a hose bib for raw water. I am not sure that I am really doing it correctly can we get a sticky on how to sanitze correctly. Thank you
Sanitize Seasonal Well
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Sorry, but I try not to give advice on water treatment. I once told a guy to put a cup of chlorine in his well. He deiced that if one cup was good, a half dozen would be better before he went on vacation. When he got home his basement was full of water. The Chlorine ate the copper pipe. Because I didn't tell him too much chlorine was a bad thing, I had to pay 40K to re-plumb his house and dig a new septic system. Maybe someone in the Softener forum could help.
wpns
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YouTube is useless. Try https://www.in.gov/localhealth/portercounty/files/welldisinfection_201305311715036621.pdf
Also I’d do it at the start of the season.
Also I’d do it at the start of the season.
Wow! Out of pocket or insurance of some sort?
When you have insurance, you have no choice. If the insurance company thinks it will be cheaper to pay off the claim than to take it to court, they pay the claim. I have had this happen a couple of times over the years, with me in full protest mode because I knew it wasn't my fault. The last time it happened my insurance company paid 50K to replace a pump station I made because it would not pump rubber fishing worms. They took off the screen on the lake at the golf course because it kept getting clogged up with fishing worms, Buckets and buckets of fishing worms. So, then the worms just got sucked up into the pumps and all the controls for the pumps.
Their lawyer even brought a big bag of fishing worms they collected out of the pumps to arbitration. Being in another state, requiring an additional lawyer from that state, plus an expert witness to prove pumps are not designed to pump fishing worms would have cost more than the 50K they were asking for. So, again, the insurance company just paid them with me jumping up and down screaming no, no, no.
I finally learned if someone calls and ask for the name of my insurance company they are planning an insurance scam on me. So, I just say I don't have any insurance, sue me. Without insurance, their lawyers won't touch it as they are just ambulance chasers anyway. I would say Lol, but it ain't funny. If we don't change the laws to make the looser pay all attorney fees, lawyers will just keep scamming everyone and keep getting paid to do it.
Agreed. Stormy Daniels had to pay Trump's fees to the tune of about $121k.
wpns
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Iron-Out will not sanitize.
You need an Iron filter. It aerates the iron bacteria so that it becomes ferric and can be filtered out
Because of my experience with chemicals, I always try not to use chemicals when an alternative is available. You might look into these as many have told me they work well with sulfur and iron.
https://wellwaterstinks.com/
https://wellwaterstinks.com/
As she should have. Maybe a liberal pump might have helped this guy out. Or a two-stage or two-tier pump. Sorry for the politics but you started it. WW3 is coming.
wpns
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I had one from Clean Water Store that worked for many years without chemicals. It refreshed a bubble of air that added oxygen on occasion and also did a backwash on schedule. Just make sure you do the yearly maintenance and you’ll be fine.
20 years ago I put some chlorine in our well to clean it, it loosened up some scale and stuck the pump. The pump was over 25 years old so I changed it. I later took it all apart and cleaned it out, got it running, and sold it. We just started up the well system at our seasonal cabin, and the first 300 gallons was pretty black, but it goes to the road ditch in a hose! We have a lot of iron in both of our wells, but a filter and a softener make it very useable.
