Ye ole well water stank

[RandyT]

Does the shock of the bullet striking the water dislodge the iron or does the bullet hitting the screen clear it or punch a hole in it?

The bullet is unimportant, it is the shock wave created that causes the stuff to dislodge, like another poster said hydrofraking. Seem like I came across something several years ago that the average bullet will only penatrate about 3 feet of water. You could create the same effect with a blank cartridge.

For the other poster about the shock wave. some gets absorbed into the ground, and surrounding area, but most gets transfered back out the top of the open well

 

[stuckmotor]

Randy,
Thank you. That's the answer I was hoping for.

 

[stuckmotor]

Everyone, please excuse my manners. Thanks to all who answered my question. You didn't all agree and I'm pulling for Randy to be correct because, I don't like the idea of putting lead in a well.

 

[Midniteoyl]

I just went to the water doctor today and picked up some more filters. The system I have is mainly for iron. When it was setup we had no sulfur problem here. So the aeration wasn't added. It another $1000 if I want to add it now.

They also said changing filters shouldn't make it smell better. But it does. I am going to just have them test it I think. I really hate to put any money in this. It's 10 years old and life expectancy is 15-18 according to them. I want to build here next year so I was going to replace it all.

Here's a pic of new and old filter. Pretty rough. That's 3 weeks.

Thanks for all the responses so far!

My iron/iron ion/iron bacteria problem is solved by a salt water softener with Iron Out salt... Gets rid of the iron and smell..

 

[Midniteoyl]

Typically, water softeners will only treat a few ppm of iron or manganese - and yes, the black residue sounds like manganese. Higher concentrations usually require a green sand filter for adequate treatment, but they won't remove the smell. Until you get it figured out, try using a combination filter cartridge that has activated carbon. It should remove the smell.

Other issues worth considering are well depth, distance to surface water, distance to other possible sources of contamination like livestock areas or septic systems. Any construction on your property recently? What about the neighbors?

Buck

While I agree that's the conventional wisdom, if I bypass the softener the effect is immediate and very bad. Water tatses like licking old rusty cast iron, and staining starts with in 24 hours.. Softener solve it.

 

[Midniteoyl]

Now, I'm really perplexed. When the lab technicians want to catch a bullet on crime shows, they fire it into what seems like only a few feet of water. I'd have guessed that a bullet would have lost all of it's wallop by the time it got to the sand point.

It does.. even BIG bullets lose their energy in about 6"-8" of water..

 

[npalen]

Anyone heard of dropping an M80 down a well? M80 Firecracker in pool - YouTube
Looks like that would do some kind of fracking. Just kidding of course.

 

[Egon]

The bullet is unimportant, it is the shock wave created that causes the stuff to dislodge, like another poster said hydrofraking. Seem like I came across something several years ago that the average bullet will only penatrate about 3 feet of water. You could create the same effect with a blank cartridge.

For the other poster about the shock wave. some gets absorbed into the ground, and surrounding area, but most gets transfered back out the top of the open well

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