Re: water well and bleach ?
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10/10/18 01:58 PM
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8 drops of bleach purifies one gallon of water.There is roughly 456 drops in an ounce.456 divided by 8 = 57.One ounce of bleach will do 57 gallons of water.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
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10/10/18 02:08 PM
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If your wife's hair turns a different color when she showers, your in big trouble ... Don't ask me how I know .. LOL! A red or a blond take your pick. LOL
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Re: water well and bleach ?
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10/10/18 07:27 PM
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If your wife's hair turns a different color when she showers, your in big trouble ... Don't ask me how I know .. Depends on how old she is. Some times the water has nothing to do with it.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
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10/10/18 07:34 PM
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good point,,,some of the bleach water will go into your septic system, or through it. we dump the bleach down the well, then run each outside hydrant or spigot til we smell the bleach, and turn them off. then run each tap in the house til you smell it, and turn those off. now every line in the place is soaking with bleach. wait the suggested time to let it soak. next run the hydrants/spigots til the bleach smell is gone. (this will dump most of the bleach water out onto the ground and keep it out of your septic tank.) this should flush out the lines from the house to the well. last thing run each indoor tap til the smell is gone, and your lines will be clean. bypass the water heater/conditioner if you can. lots of gunk, black bacteria and rust will come through the lines, and out the indoor faucets, so maybe remove the aerator screens from the indoor taps.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
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10/10/18 07:44 PM
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I don't think that flushing the toilet and running water to get rid of excessive bleach is a good idea if your on a well. Chances are you're also on a septic system and the bacteria necessary to make your septic operate properly will be severely disrupted. If you're not on a septic system you're OK. Sorry to be redundant, I was typing while the above was being entered.
Last edited by wy.wolfer; 10/10/18 07:46 PM.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
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10/11/18 09:38 AM
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Might be SOP for some but certainly not all. I have had well water all of my 70+ years and have never treated one.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
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10/11/18 11:58 AM
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The very first thing I would do is have my well tested, go to your local health dept. and get a test bottle BE VERY careful when pulling the sample, the #1 reason water sample fail is because the sample was not taken properly. The cost is cheap. Ask for a fecal coliform test bottle. Once you open your well the well should be treated. You can save yourself a lot of work and problem by just testing the water. You local health dept. will be glad to help. Not sure the cost of have the sample tested, I think it is less that $20.00 dollars.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
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10/11/18 12:55 PM
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ive done it for 35 yrs..it will be fine....mine is 160 ft and i dumped 1.25 in it,,,3 days or so of using it...run bathtub full etc.....it will be fine I do mine every spring. Full gallon and flush. Never had any problems.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
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10/11/18 01:30 PM
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I've been living on well-water all my life, sixty years. Never once treated the water with anything. Chlorine is poisonous you know...
Eh...wot?
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