We have had a water well here for 15 years it's 800 foot deep so about a week ago for what ever reason we started to get orange/rusty water but only after the water sits in a glass lets say and gets oxygen and the longer it sit the more like tang it turns. went to my water well people so they suggested pouring 2 gal of bleach down the well and also 20+ round shock tablet they gave me,they told me to run water in the house until I smelled the bleach out of every spout then let it set a day. came home today and hooked up the outside hose and it has been running for about two hours outside and may let it run all night if the temps hold out. Never have had this problem here,we dont even have a water softener system...yet wondering who deals with this on a daily bases. anyone?
I've had to shock one of our wells a couple times. It takes a while, but I can walk you through the process if you go that route. Our wells are full of iron. At least I don't need to take supplements
Do yo have brown slime in your toilet tanks? I made a thread a while back and I believe iron bacteria was the culprit. I'll try to find the thread. http://forums.bowhunting.com/showthread.php?38938-Question-for-those-of-you-with-well-water
Not to thread hijack, but my hunting camp has a similar problem. After de-winterizing the camp, the water runs a nasty brown. After a day or 2 it clears up to more of a cloudy clear, any idea what thats caused from?
We have this as well. Water runs clear after the start up. But we do get a brown residue in the toliet tank and it stinks when I drain the water out of the toliet when I winterize the cabin. Is this OK or a big deal? The water tastes great and seems to be good but we have these side things going on.
Here's a quick break down, you can PM me and I'll give you my cell if you want a more thorough explination: -Cut power to well pump -open well head -pour slightly deluted bleach mixture down well head -run a hose to the well head -turn power back on to pump -circulate water through out well by sticking hose into well head -once bleach is detected at hose, turn off & close well head -charge house lines -let stand for 12-24 hrs -Run outside hose to a safe area (somewhere where it won't drain directly into lake or stream) -run water until all traces of bleach are gone -flush house lines until bleach is gone A couple things to note. It's a good idea to pull the screens on all your faucets. this process will most-likely dislodge sediment and sent it through your lines. If you have a standards water heater (with a tank) you can decide if you want to include the hot lines in the flush. In the case of disinfecting for bacteria, you'll have to. If you're just nocking out some skeeze in your well, you wouldn't have to. If you do, the hot water hearter will have to be drained fully, filled with the bleach water, drained fully again, and flushed with fresh water. This will take a bit longer, but gets the job done. Draining it allows the bleach levels to spike quicker than running it through the heater with a full tank. * be sure to turn your heater off before you drain it Like I said, if you want clarification, shoot me your # and I can give you a call.
This is normal for areas will lots of iron. Once lines are drained, the iron precipitates out and collects in the lines. When you recharge the lines, a bunch is flushed out. Same hapens if you just shut the water off and a little air gets in. Like with shocking the well, it's a good idea to pull your screens before you charge your lines up. It'll keep them from clogging up with iron. On the toilet tanks, the best thing I've found is that it you drain it all the way down and leave the top off, the watter will evaporate out leaving a rusty dust behind. This can be vacumed out and reduce the staining of your bowl.
So it is nothing to worry about. It doesn't bother me. So what if the tank inside has some brown stuff. The inside bowl stays clean for the most part until I dirty it.
Should be fine. You can always have your well tested if you're worried about it. Our water here is full of iron. That's exspected here on the "Iron Range". I don't even buy white shirts anymore. They turn pale orange after a few washings. We don't run a softener or filtration system though. That would certainly help.
Well considering our well was just drilled last August and was tested for safety I'm not too worried.
Thanks I didn't think about running a hose back into the well trick, Ran 2 1/2 gallons of bleach and about 50 tabs thru in the last couple of days and have the smell thru all my water taps but I need to let them set longer,may have to go and spend some time at the lake just so it wont be used here si it will have a chance to work I guess. very hard not to run water here.
How did I miss this? Holy ****. How big of a pump does it take to pump water vertically 800'? That has to be typo. Right?
Ours is 55' and we get 7.5 gpm of good quality water. Our neighbors that is 1/2 mile away is 250' deep and they only get 3 gpm of brown crap. I feel very lucky how ours turned out.
At the cabin? I have no idea what ours is at the cabin. I do know that is smells like *** from the sulfur. The 43' is here at home. Very sandy here.
Yes at the cabin. That water tastes as good if not better than bottled water. We are on city water here at home.
