Re: water well and bleach ?
[Re: Lugnut]
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10/11/18 01:31 PM
10/11/18 01:31 PM
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Lugnut
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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...
But then I drank water out of the creek and hoses too.
Eh...wot?
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Re: water well and bleach ?
[Re: scrapper]
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10/11/18 01:48 PM
10/11/18 01:48 PM
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HAHA, me too Lugnut!
Where i hunt, the CCC Camp guys built stone spring houses across the foot of the mountain, along the "fire trail" they built. I stop and drink outta them every year even if i'm not thirsty. lol
One time in W.V. i was dragging a deer out and came to a creek so i stopped to take a drink. After climbing back up the bank, i saw some guys from Fayette county that hunted where we do. The one was burning up and went for a drink.
When he came back up, he looked at me and asked how i knew the water was good that i drank from it. The look on his face when i told him i had no idea if it was safe was priceless!
Told him i was always told if it went across two stnes it was ok. Next morning at the parking area, i asked him if he shat himself yet, as i did? I got the same look again! lol.
Good fella's them guys were. his buddy even threw in a couple jabbs during this, knowing i was messing with him.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
[Re: scrapper]
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10/11/18 09:28 PM
10/11/18 09:28 PM
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I agree with Adam, the orange water is just the bleach cleaning your pipes. The first time I used bleach in a former home it took quite a while to clean the pipes. The second time the orange water was substantially less.
Help yourself.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
[Re: scrapper]
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10/11/18 10:58 PM
10/11/18 10:58 PM
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The water should have cleaned up a long time ago. Just let it run. As long as your well test ok, do not open it up to allow contamination into the system. The bleach you used from the store has a very low % of chlorine its around 2.5% - 5%.
To Old U.S. Army 60-63 SGT.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
[Re: scrapper]
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10/12/18 10:41 AM
10/12/18 10:41 AM
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Invite a couple women over for the weekend. Guaranteed to run a few thousand gallon through the system.
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Re: water well and bleach ?
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10/12/18 12:01 PM
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I stopped using Chlorine entirely because wifey didn't like the smell for a few days. I now use Hydrogen Peroxide. Just regular brown bottle 3%. I'll dump 6-7 quarts down the well cap and let it sit for an hour or two. We normally have stinky water, but after I do this the water is totally odorless. The odor comes from sulfur, iron, and manganese reducing bacteria. The H3O3 kills the bacteria and breaks down to H2O and a single O. That extra Oxygen attaches to the gases produced by the bacteria and precipitates the minerals back into the water.
I've also been using a Calmat unit instead of a traditional water softener. It worked instantly and has been flawless. NO salt, no flushing, zero maintenance, and it keeps the minerals in the water (it just disallows them to form deposits). Hard water deposits totally disappeared from appliances and dishes come out of the washing machine crystal clear. They used to be so cloudy from hard water that I had to scrub glasses with a steel wool pad to clean them up. Highly recommend the Calmat unit.
Nowadays it just don't pay to be a good 'ol boy.
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