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If the water well is sitting idle...
- Thread starter bczoom
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bczoom said:
How long you gonna take to fix it? When your ready to run it again..............
1. dump a gallon a bleach in the well
2. run the water for 2 hours through the farthest tap slowly (consider your well capacity!)
3. don't consume or wash clothes with the water till the smell goes away
Who knows...Big Dog said:
It's been shut down for a couple months now and I was wondering if that's not good to just let it sit.
I was thinking of just pouring bleach in the well and letting it sit there so things don't grow from just sitting there stagnant.
bczoom said:
Believe me, my last incident took days..............
you'll run enough water to start worrying about drying the well! and I have a great well.
I did just that and after I still went through 8 sediment filters before we went a week without changing.
cj7 said:
Maintenance? I just save my money for when it fails and I have to pay some expert to save my butt!
Junkman
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My well is 300+ feet deep. The well testing people told me to put 2 - 3 pounds of swimming pool chlorine powder into the well after it was drilled. I did that, and a year later when I started drawing water from the well, when the house was finished, there was no residual chlorine and the well was totally disinfected. The chlorine also "burned" out all the iron bacteria that wells in New England suffer from. This is a harmless bacteria that feeds on the iron content of the water. 25 years later, we now have the iron bacteria starting to reoccur, but treating the well with chlorine like that isn't a possibility, unless we were to be gone for a few months. Most bleach in the gallon jugs is just not adequate to do much in the well. Calculate the amount of water in the well and then compare this to a gallon of 10% bleach.
cj7 said:
Today I performed my fall well maintenance check on the house well.
1. Checked pressure tank for proper air setting. Adjusted to about 2 to 3 pounds less than pressure switch on setting. Now have about 35 lbs of air pressure in pressure tank.
2. Reset the pressure switch to a setting of off at 60lbs and on at 37.5lbs for the well pump.
3. Checked motor starter control box and pressure switch for any abnormal wear on electrical components. Checked disconnect for normal wear and operation.
4. Shut off the water supply to home and cycle tested the well several times to confirm proper settings. Checked for leaks near and around the pressure tank and controls. Watch and make sure your pressure remains constant at the pressure gauge when the water is shut off to the home. This will let you know if you have any leakage between the well and tank under the ground.
5. One possible problem I have noticed is that after re-installing the pressure switch cover you need to check the on and off settings to confirm they have not changed by tightening the pressure switch cover. Mine raises several pounds if you tighten the cover down on the square D switch to much.
6. I also try to run the well hard (high flow rae) by pumping as much water as possible several times a year to confirm normal operation of all the well equipment.
7. Water testing is a good idea if you have not tested the quality in the last few years. I should but don't worry about mine. I have never had any type of contaminating sources near my remote home in the mountains.
8. I would only shock or bleach the well if it tested out as being a problem. By pumping the well hard (high flow rate) for several hours after an extended shutdown it should clean up. You can always do a water sample test to confirm it is okay for human consumption if in doubt.
Junkman said:
Correct information for setting of water well hi and low pressure switch settings from the Square D technical library at this link: http://ecatalog.squared.com/techlib/docdetail.cfm?oid=09008926800a93be
Download PDF file for the information. Large print format for the Junkman!!!!
