Tricks And Tips For Sanitizing Your Well Water
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There are filters that can be put on your well to get rid of any mineral deposits, rust, or soil that may get into your water, but actually disinfecting your water if it is contaminated with bacteria is a somewhat different matter. You can clean your well water out by chlorinating it and this process is fairly simple.
Chlorinating well water is usually done to get rid of bacteria, to disinfect after you make some kind of repair to it, to disinfect after it has not been used in a while, such as the well of a vacation home, or the removal of hydrogen sulphide.
The first thing that you need to do is to get enough water saved up in your house by using milk jugs or whatever else you have to put water in to last your home's needs for at least the next 24 hours.
Depending on how deep your well is, you will want to put a different amount of bleach into the water. The bleach that you will want to use is a simple, unscented household bleach.
This should contain about 3 to 5 percent sodium chlorite. As far as just how much bleach you need to use, it varies. If your well is less than 50 feet deep and is 6 inches in diameter, you will want to use 3.5 liters of bleach in it. A well that is 100 feet deep and 6 inches in diameter will require 7.
You should not use the water system of your home for at least 8 hours after doing this. 24 hours is usually the recommended time, but this might not be practical for you if you have a large family.
By the time the process is over, your water should not smell like chlorine. The water may look similar to a tea color, but this will go away after a bit of use. Do not drink the water until the chlorine smell is gone.
If the process helps your water's quality, but the problem comes back in a few weeks, you will need to repeat this process and possibly add more bleach per application. This should result in a water supply quality that is much better than it was before.
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Jim Corkern is a writer and promoter of West Miami, Coral Terrace, Kendale Lakes Florida Water and Flood Damage Restoration and Hollywood, Lauderdale Lakes,and Lauderhill Florida fire, flood and water Damage Restoration Which are Certified IICRC Water damage and mold remediation contractors.
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