Well Disinfecting - 3 Minute Gardener

[@billjones5178]

Add fill your hot water heater w treated water, flush all water tanks. Run kitchen sink till chlorine appears, run garbage disposal. Draw water at ice maker, run all outdoor hose faucets and frost proof faucets until chlorine small appears. Then go out to eat dinner. Leave overnight is good !

[@anthonygasparini1734]

Most importantly if you have a water softener installed, place it in by pass mode as the chlorine will destroy your resin!

[@unclegeorge7845]

All filters should be evaluated for chlorine saturation.

[@n40tom]

Thank you so much for that information on a water softener. I've been reading a lot online and you were the first one that pointed that out . I can't bypass it per se but I have a farm spigot on my Wellhead so I can avoid the chlorine treated water from going into the house at all. That was very important information thank you

[@johnjacobs2581]

​@@n40tom there should be a bypass valve on your softener. Just turn it from service to bypass. It's right where the water lines go into and out of the softener. Super easy.

[@n40tom]

@johnjacobs2581 Thank you for your information but like I said I do not have a bypass I probably should but I know what I'm looking at and I absolutely do not have one .But I can keep the chlorine out of my water softener by other means as I stated in my last post . Thanks anyway

[@h2oholland]

Most submersible well pumps are not in the very bottom of the well, they are above the screen or perforations where the water enters into the wellbore. If you run the garden hose back to the well to circulate, the chlorine is only going down as far as the pump intake and not all the way to the bottom of the well. You must do a bulk displacement procedure to get the chlorine down into the aquafier where most of the bacteria are forming. Bleach only has a shelf life of about 5 months.

[@stevenmurphy8079]

This is great advice h2oholland. How do you recommend homeowners do a bulk displacement?

[@chrisitinabobinski3798]

There’s a product think it’s called well shock that was what was recommended to someone I know. Cleaned their well but they did need a pump to pump out the product after so it’s some more steps in that process.

[@chrisitinabobinski3798]

Maybe it was Well safe .

[@beaubuck7616]

simple and to the point.

[@kjcase]

What considerations should be taken when there is a salt water softener installed? Just turn the softener off until the the process is complete?

[@beaugrand89]

Bypass softener. I wouldnt run chlorinated water into house, thats a good way to plug up things and possibly cause unnecessary wear and tear on items in home.

[@tomgreene7942]

@@beaugrand89 Good idea, why would you want to kill the millions of microbes in your house when you could leave them there to re-infect the entire system including the well, while you have the system off overnight. Sounds like a brilliant plan.

[@michellec2899]

Thank you 😊

[@tjkotula]

Is it the same process using hydrogen peroxide?

[@chrism2213]

When you say the next morning when you get up, you run the water to waste somewhere, what do you mean ? The water faucets in the house ? What if you also have a water filter for fridge water?

[@tomgreene7942]

Yes run water through the water filters and fridge water system till you smell chlorine and do the waiting period. Then to clean out the chlorine, first run the garden hose somewhere where you don't want things to grow, like your driveway or better a dirt or rock walkway. The heat or microbes there will eat the chlorine and dissipate it or the ground will where it runs off. Don't do it over a cesspool which needs microbes. Then after most of the chlorine is out of the system, you can run the household items to the sewage or septic tank, or put it in buckets to pour out on the driveway. Again don't drink the water or use ice till after you've tested the water a week or so later. The test also takes a couple of days.

[@tjjordanmusic]

Thanks

[@333gv]

I understand this whole video, what to do, except: "Run the water to waste somewhere" --after one turns off the water at the taps, after smelling the bleach, how does one 'run the water to waste somewhere?' Thank you for your help.

[@TexasScout]

This is a good point, you darn sure don't want to run it into your septic system! It would be best to run it into 5 gallon buckets and dump it in a field somewhere. The bleach will evaporate pretty quick.

[@billjones5178]

Storm drain works for me/. My neighbors empty their swimming poles each fall that way. Chlorine has a short life when diluted and exposed to air. Me I am going to drink bottled water for a long time afterward any, so not too worries. I give bottled water to my beagle pups Too!

[@ByGraceIGo]

​​@@billjones5178there's no storm drains where I live because I am living in the holler of a mountain and that might be one reason how my well got contaminated because all the torrential rains we had. Chlorine does evaporate pretty quickly so the stuff that gets in the tub I may just let it sit in there till the stuff evaporates.

[@Dena77]

I totally agree with you even after the person responded after you I still don't know what they're talking about... How do you run the water off what are you doing exactly? So you do the process and you wake up in the morning and.... WHAT

[@ArtOfHealth]

@@Dena77Open all your spigots and run the chlorinated out until it smells free of chlorine. I have high iron, phosphate and calcium in my Florida well. I need an iron blaster along with my water softener. You should have your water safety checked. Normally each county has a testing lab they work with. If your water is very carcinogenic, you better go to a high quality lab in your state. Water Softener salesmen, slick as they are, do not get in to the nitty gritty details. They are ignorant. Find someone good in your area.

[@BethNoble-sq2pi]

Does + E. coli cause a smell in the home?

[@Gerkasch1]

So the garden hose that you poured bleach down is your concern?

[@butchcassidy3373]

My well water smells like fish Not sure what to do

[@dieselfarmer82]

What other treatment options are out there to treat a well after shocking the well with bleach doesn't work. I treated mine a week ago this evening and discovered that the well has gone back to its old self again with foul water and high concentrations of rust. Do I just re-treat the well?

[@stevenmurphy8079]

The problem is that you are not lowering the PH before treating the well. When the PH goes to high it does not kill bacteria anymore. Try using a Sulfamic Acid like the NuWell 100 goo.gl/sCoH6E or the NuWell 110 for larger wells goo.gl/vGvuwh That, in combination with the NuWell 310 Bio Acid goo.gl/wirvGL should prevent this from happening anymore. The 310 is an acid enhancer that has biocide characteristics and will help eliminate and prevent your bacteria problem.

[@waynegordon7868]

I would say to install a filtration system above ground so water passes thru first?

[@ProjectStarLIGHTS]

You can still get iron bacteria among other things with a filter.

[@TrailBusterBrute1]

I have shocked and disinfected my well so much that the inside of the steel casing is flaking off in pieces.

[@stevenmurphy8079]

The reason is because you are a using too much of the wrong chemical. You are actually cooking your well with too much Chlorine. This will begin to eat the steel. Try using a Sulfamic Acid like the NuWell 100 goo.gl/sCoH6E or the NuWell 110 for larger wells goo.gl/vGvuwh That, in combination with the NuWell 310 Bio Acid goo.gl/wirvGL should prevent this from happening anymore. The 310 is an acid enhancer that has biocide characteristics and will help eliminate and prevent your bacteria problem.

[@TrailBusterBrute1]

Steven Murphy epa recommends bleach.

[@stevenmurphy8079]

Yes they do, in an emergancy situation. However bleach is a corrosive chemical and, although it solves the contamination problem, it leaves your well casing exposed. Bleach will disinfect your black shirts too but you might not like the results either. NuWell 100 and 310 are NSF 60 certified for potable water well use. Which would you rather; the chemical for your laundry that you can also pour down your well; or the chemical made specifically for cleaning your well safely. We have been selling NuWell 100 for 10 years and have hundreds of satisfied customers. Use coupon code: KZbin to save 10% and give it a try.

[@TexasScout]

Nobody uses steel casing anymore, at least down here in Texas. I have 4" PVC and 1HP Stainless steel pump.

[@sherrykendrick1765]

@@TrailBusterBrute1 yes they do.

[@drewj50]

That was magical, my wife and I have a lovely decedent lil dance during the bleach mixing scene. Do you recall who sings that song?

[@h2oholland]

Check the PH of your well water first. If it is 8ph or higher and you add 200ppm+ chlorine it will spike to 9-10ph and at that point it has very little killing effect on bacteria. Homeowners should call a drilling contractor to have this done the right way!

[@A10TOES]

After a flood in 2008, I had a well drilling company come treat my well, they did it EXACTLY this way, and yeah....charged me around $500. Funny thing is, they took water out of the kitchen faucet for testing the 2nd day when they came back to flush the bleach out of the house. Which tested positive for bacteria, they wanted to come back & re treat again.....well, we did it ourself the 2nd time, waited 7 days to retest the water & it was negative for bacteria.

[@HolyOutlaws71]

...can't see video.

[@gordokaylin4]

can this help the rotten egg smell if i do it?

[@dennisthemenance5433]

Odds are? IRON in the Water.. Simple test? use a reg. 6-8 oz. Styrafoam Cup, fill it half way, let it sit overnite and look inside for that Rust Stain line .. If have that? Go to your Home Depot ( or? Ace) Get a Iron test kit and test it again.. Then Contact your Local Univeristy and for their Lab Testing service( ave $40 cost ) to test your Water.. And Start the routine of getting at least 2 different Referrlas from neighbors or Water Treatment companies.. Culligan is 1 if available.. And go get a PT Job to pay for the cost of Treating your Well Water.. Ave $500 yr ..! That's Living in the Country ! And tell whomever you buy from, yu will be sending a sample off to the University to confirm it is doing the job.. and that its NSF Certified system.. Or take then to Small Claims Court to get your $ back ! and ck your Local Better Business Bureu for any complaints of the company your going to buy from.. This Scares alot of others away form even selling you their " System..

[@MrBucidart]

If you well is being contaminated by surface water, all the chlorine in the world wont help. In the old days any water was good water and the Wright brothers had the best plane ever invented.. Please consult your local well driller for advice..

[@stevenmurphy8079]

Haha. I like that. "The Wright brothers" LOL If you are having this problem try using The NuWell 110 Acid goo.gl/vGvuwh in Combination with NuWell 310 Bio Acid goo.gl/wirvGL You should see a significant increase in the time between treatments. And, because of the type of acid used, you don't have to worry about it eating your well like other acids. Smaller diameter wells can use NuWell 100 goo.gl/sCoH6E instead of the 110

[@ArtOfHealth]

Your music was louder than you.