New Well Question

[boustany]

My inspector told me a big problem was people deciding that a good place to chain the dog was to the well pipe. That meant that Rover throughly fertilized the area around the well. You can guess the rest.

I'm telling you there is no limit to how dumb some people are.

For my 2 cents, regarding coliform, I'd say that a 30 foot well seems a might shallow to me. Maybe it would be worth finding out the neighbours' well/coliform situation and see how deep their wells are.

For certain, make sure it get taken care of.

 

[DiskDoctr]

Mark,

Well, two things come to mind. And keep in mind, I am not an expert, but I'll gladly share my experience and whatever I know...

Iron can stay in the water when flowing. It will settle out after sitting, but seldom settles like sediment, just "comes out". Chlorine brings dissolved iron out of solution, so shocking it makes it easy to filter, but brings out the hidden red stuff.

If your casing is rusted, not much to do. You can probably stop the rust from getting any worse by using a sacrificial rod. You put this in the ground and attach it by a wire to the top of the well casing. Make a good connection, just like for electricity.

This method was often used for buried steel fuel tanks years ago. The rod eats away, the tank remains pristine /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

There was a post on this board where Biron posted this link Galvanic Scale , which shows what metals to use to be sacrificial to which metals (in this case, find one above Steel, like Aluminum).

I was going to try the rust removal process shown here Rust removal... on a portable gas tank by hanging a sacrificial rod down the center, being sure not to touch the sides and running the battery charger. Wonder if that will help "seal" the rust out of your casing...?

Take a look at the link, and maybe some of those who posted can offer more opinions here. Let me know what they say...
Should work, though.

A water softener like a Water Boss (Lowes, about $600) with Red Out salt (softens, but made for iron) can help, if you don't mind filling it yourself with salt every few weeks and don't drain it into your septic.- Someone just mentioned using salt to kill weeds, maybe a good use for this drain water? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Good luck with it and let us know what you do how you make out.

-JC

 

[MarkLeininger]

When I shocked my last well I discovered it full of ear wigs. After examining the well cover I discovered that there is a vent that was just a small opening from the inside of the cap to the outside air. Any little bugs or spiders could crawl through. So I jammed it full with fine grade steel wool. The next time I pulled the cap it was clean inside.

You also didn't mention your pressure tank. You need to bleed all the air from the top of the tank so that the chlorine makes contact with the entire inside surface. I also drain the hot water tank before I run the chlorinated water through the house so it gets completely filled. Some softeners can take chlorination, some can't. If you have one check with the manufacturer.

 

[kensfarm]

Where are you getting the sample of water to send to the lab.. the contamination can be from the screen on the water faucet.. or a whole house filter. One of things the tester did when getting a water sample from the kitchen sink.. was to pull the screen & guts from the water faucet.. clean it.. spray it w/ bleach.. then ran the water some.. then took the sample. If you have a whole house water filter.. I take the filter out.. fill the container w/ bleach.. send it through the lines of the house.

 

[MarkLeininger]

I take it from an outdoor faucet and flame the fixture with a torch first to kill bacteria.

 

[Junkman]

I suggest the tub faucet or take the sample from the toilet tank. This is what my water testing company told me to do. I questioned the toilet tank and they said that there is no contamination worry from the bowl to the tank. They must know, because after I started to use them, I always used the tank water and it has been clear of any bacteria after the wells initial treatment.

 

[polecat]

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Being a marimechanic on and off since i was a kid and workin at a few boatyards in my time i would like to make a couple of quick observations...to use a sacrificial anode on steel uwould have to use an element/below the one trying to be saved....ie: boats use zinc sacrificial anodes to save aluminum castings such as outdrives....so to save the corrosion on a steel pipe you would probably use the same...
aluminum is actually as properly stated above steel on the anodic chart and would not "literally sacrifice itself" for steel...gold is the highest on the anodic scale and zinc is the lowest...in terms of corrodability... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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