Bleach In My Well Water

How to shock a well.

Bleach in my well water.

Or you can test for chlorine using a swimming pool chlorine test kit. You will need access again. Once you smell chlorine wash the inside of the well casing with the bleach scented water. This will disinfect a well that measures 4 inches in diameter and is 100 feet deep or less.

Fill a clean bucket with 3 gallons water to shock a drilled well. If the well is deeper increase the amount of bleach according to the proportions of the solution. Pour two gallons of regular unscented clorox bleach down into the well head. Go to the farthest faucet from the well.

If bleach was introduced into the well by pouring it directly into the well casing it might help the flush out procedure if you used a garden hose to recirculate some of the well water back to the well using it to wash down the casing sides and center piping before continuing with the actual flush out of the well itself. Shut the water off to the well. Carefully pour 1 2 gallon of household bleach into the water. The sodium hypochlorite active in liquid bleach reacts with the iron and changes it to the chemical form as rust.

Cyst and viruses that are so small they are listed under as total coliform bacteria result are introduced through groundwater and can enter your drinking supply in. Let the chlorine sit in the well for an hour. A chlorine test kit can be used to precisely measure chlorine levels in the water rather than relying on scent alone. Well water and liquid bleach are just not very compatible.

Chlorinating a well with bleach can lower your results for iron and coliform bacteria and also is an inexpensive efficient way to purify a well for a safe source of drinking water. You may need up to 10 gallons 37 9 l of bleach depending on the volume of water within your well and the strength of the bleach. And turn on both hot and cold water all the way until you either smell chlorine. This new yellow red discoloration then deposits on clothes and after drying has essentially dyed the clothes.