Treating Well

[Soundguy]

You might want to re-read that wiki article you quoted from.

UV treatment IS effective. so is fairly simple filtration and sedimentation.

that bugger is a prozoan...

There is one parasite that chlorine or UV won't kill as noted below. Most bacteria is harmless and without it, we wouldn't be here.

Cryptosporidium is a microscopic parasite that causes the diarrheal disease cryptosporidiosis. Both the parasite and the disease are commonly known as "Crypto."
There are many species of Cryptosporidium that infect humans and animals. The parasite is protected by an outer shell that allows it to survive outside the body for long periods of time and makes it very tolerant to chlorine disinfection.
While this parasite can be spread in several different ways, water (drinking water and recreational water) is the most common method of transmission. Cryptosporidium is one of the most frequent causes of waterborne disease among humans in the United States.
This article is from the CDC.

 

[droptop]

I would like to know how chlorine tablets/granules can keep a well free from iron build-up.

It would keep Iron bacteria from growing. I used to be in charge of the water treatment at a paper mill. We would pull water from a river and chlorinate it prior to using it in the process. The water would be chlorinated and then filtered. If the chlorine level was too low a iron bacteria slime would form on the filters, indicating it was time to up the rate.

 

[speedbump]

It would keep Iron bacteria from growing. I used to be in charge of the water treatment at a paper mill. We would pull water from a river and chlorinate it prior to using it in the process. The water would be chlorinated and then filtered. If the chlorine level was too low a iron bacteria slime would form on the filters, indicating it was time to up the rate.

I fully agree, but that is not what they said on their website. They said it would prevent iron buildup.

You might want to re-read that wiki article you quoted from.

From all I've read, the jury is still out because of all the variables of Crypto and UV. If someone wants peace of mind from Crypto, a decent inline filter would be a good idea behind that UV device..

 

[Soundguy]

yup.. cysts are realitively EASY to filter...

 

[forgeblast]

We do have a filter before our UV.

 

[Pilot]

The notion that the chlorine will hang near the surface is wrong. Liquid chlorine actually weighs almost 50% more than water. When we had a swimming pool we would pour chlorine into the pool at the shallow end and watch as it (it's yellow and easy to see) went to the bottom and flowed to the deep end, all the while pushing some of the fine particles with it, helping to clean the pool.

 

[TheGoose]

Actually, that depends on what type of plumbing you have. It certainly COULD damage older metal plumbing like galvanized steel and possibly copper (depending on the grade). CLOROX is simply liquid chlorine and chlorine is an oxidizer. I have seen wells treated with chlorine eat a hole in the metal tanks and plumbing, but these were systems were chlorine was added continuously. An occasional shock treatment should be fine but if your plumbing is already stressed it could be the proverbial straw.

Of course, it won't hurt CPVC or PEX.

chlorox will NOT hurt the plumbing. besides.. it won't be inthe plumbing.. it will be in the WELL.

ever hear of chloronated water? maybee drinking water in cities?

um.. POOLS?


In the county I live / work in. if a well fails testing. standard procedure is a shock treatment, then runthe well for a period.. then retest.

lastly. Whoever told you the chlorox would hurt the plumbing.. loose them and find a new source of info. they clearly do not understand all involved.

 

[Soundguy]

Actually, that depends on what type of plumbing you have. It certainly COULD damage older metal plumbing like galvanized steel and possibly copper (depending on the grade). CLOROX is simply liquid chlorine and chlorine is an oxidizer. I have seen wells treated with chlorine eat a hole in the metal tanks and plumbing, but these were systems were chlorine was added continuously. An occasional shock treatment should be fine but if your plumbing is already stressed it could be the proverbial straw.

Of course, it won't hurt CPVC or PEX.

He's not doing continous treatment.



lets step out of the armchair theory for a moment and actually work in the real world....if the system is already so degraded that a single chlorine treatment kill sit. it was gonna die in a few more days anyway.

you can't neglect something for 20 years and then do a lil PM that kicks it and blame the PM.

materials have a limeted service lifespan. if you exceded the lifespan you repalce it.

when your brake pads get thin and the next time you step on them you think the pad is gonna crumble.. what's the answer.. don't step on them? or repalce the pad?

same deal here

1 1 chlorine dose vaporizes his pipes. his pipes were 99.99999999% vaporized already.

Every water system we build that is potable, must have a treatment.

if a system can't withstand a treatment.. it's time for replacement.

 

[speedbump]

Every water system we build that is potable, must have a treatment.

if a system can't withstand a treatment.. it's time for replacement.

Whether it needs it or not??? Why?

 

[Soundguy]

Whether it needs it or not??? Why?

did you read any of the posts in this thread? like the 1st one?