A salt chlorinator is a pool maintenance device that is utilized to create chlorine on-site instead of having to add chlorine in liquid form to a swimming pool. I’m Gerry Bulfin, a water treatment contractor and WQA certified Master Water Specialist. There is no wiring in a vault. It’s really important to have a general mineral analysis of your water because you want to know what the pH of your water is and what treatment to apply. In some extreme cases of corroded piping, the piping may fail and start to leak after this procedure. I moved to the country. 8. That’s a whole different subject, a more complicated system,  but just stand-alone hydrogen peroxide is not enough to kill bacteria. 2. The water may initially be very high in sludge and rust and cause damage to pipes and fixtures. Solid. A 100-ppm chlorine concentration is ideal for sanitizing a well. For gathering information about the salt levels, you can take help from the manufacturer’s handbook. We provide a table explaining the quantity of bleach needed to disinfect a well, and a table comparing the 3 Common Well Water Disinfectants: Chloramine, Chlorine and Chlorine Dioxide. However, it can cause an undesirable taste. If it’s manganese, for every 1 milligram per liter manganese we’re looking at 2 parts per million of chlorine. Before you begin, shut off water to all carbon filters and reverse osmosis units attached to your household water lines, and bypass water softener or iron filter. So you wouldn’t want to use it as the disinfectant. Okay, so again, getting back to it, water used for drinking and cooking should be free of odor, slime-producing bacteria, and pathogenic organisms. So again, we’ve talked about this already, but pH is very important. Make sure that your family or pets do not use the water during the chlorination process. So if you have water high in iron, manganese, and odors, UV isn’t really appropriate. The other thing that you want to know, “what is the flow rate of the water? 8. Connect a hose to an outside sillcock (also known as a hose bib) that is located after the pressure tank and run water back down the well (this also rinses the upper portion of the well). 5. 4. Go to the farthest faucet from the well. You can also estimate well and water depth from well logs or other records. However, if test results show the presence of coliform bacteria, the source(s) of contamination should be identified and eliminated through a licensed well driller/contractor, or a continuous disinfection treatment system should be installed. The downside of the flow switch is that if your water is really mucky, has iron, sediment, sand and other material in it, then you have to clean the flow switch, it can get stuck. 14. 16. 8. 9. For best results use powdered bleach or pellets that are certified for drinking water. Distance From Water Level to Bottom of Well (Water Depth), A new holding tank, pump or pressure tank has been installed, A new pipeline or other piping or plumbing work has been done, Odors or slime caused by iron or sulfur bacteria are present. You don’t have to pour anything, it’s dry pellets and it’s fairly automatic. 9. That’s what we found. This is a must-have for anyone planning a well water treatment project! Metering pumps are rated by how much solution they can pump and they come in varying sizes. Try to stop the bacteria at the source not at its current location. If you don’t know the well depth, contact your well driller as they often keep records that will show the depth of the well. 14. What to do when your well is 400 feet deep but your pump is only 300 feet. Iron in well water is probably the most common problem encountered by homeowners after water hardness. So say you diluted it by half, 25,000, you end up with 2 gallons per day, 2.0 gallons of water per day. Water Line Connections. To be more precise use a chlorine test kit to make sure the chlorine is over 50 ppm. After the chlorine has been left in the well (and the plumbing system if applicable) for a minimum of 6, up to 12 hours, the chlorinated water can be discharged. I have a free resource guide of, actually, a little book that goes really well with this today’s podcast called The Complete Guide Home Chlorination Systems For Well Water.

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