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We have a vacation home in Southern Alabama on 17 acres. We had a well dug last year and I recently had the water tested by the county and it came back positive with coliform. We contacted a well digging company and they're going to treat it, but I was looking for a permanent solution. I've done some research and some people say UV light will work, but others say it won't. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you all. | ||
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my understanding is it works fine. if you have suspended solids you have to get rid of those first. “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak.” | |||
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Washing machine whisperer |
My question is the source of the bacteria. If it's ongoing, is it contamination from your septic? I'd go with treating it and test every year to see if it returns. UV light will work but you will need to maintain them. __________________________ Writing the next chapter that I've been looking forward to. | |||
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The septic system was put in after the well was dug, so it could possibly be the source of contamination. The well and the septic are less than a year old. | |||
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| 10mm is The Boom of Doom  |
We use a chlorine injection pump into a setling tank to kill the nasties. I'm not a fan of the lights. God Bless and Protect the Once and Future President, Donald John Trump. | |||
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Interesting, I'll look into it, thank you. | |||
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How deep is your well and how near is the closest lateral from your well. Any livestock pens near it? | |||
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Our well is over 200 feet deep and there are no livestock near. | |||
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How long did it sit when you tested it or how much water had you run before testing? Stagnant water is a good spot for bacteria. A 200' deep well doesn't sound like much of a risk for the groundwater to be contaminated. Advice I was given & used after it had set for almost a year (didn't test before or after): Turn on all faucets/flush all toilets. Stop flow of water to house. Pour bleach down well. Wait 1hr. Open all outside hydrants for 30-45 minutes. Open 1 faucet inside for a few minutes - if you smell bleach, run more water through hydrants. If no bleach smell, run all faucets for 10-15 minutes. | |||
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semi-reformed sailor |
I’ll be at my dad’s tomorrow and I’ll ask him. He drilled wells in the Tampa area for decades "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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The county agency that tested your well water I assume was the health department ? They couldn't give you any direction or local help ? | |||
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False positive? | |||
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A Grateful American |
^^^ Yep. Rule out the well casement leaking groundwater runoff and creating a false positive and other things that have fouled the testing results. (yeah, I see what I did there...) Not everyone doing QA testing is doing it correctly. Like medical second opinions, before you spend a bunch of time, effort, money and suffering for nothing. "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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The health department test said to run the water closest to the well, the closest outside spigot, for three minutes before I took the sample. | |||
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Thank you. | |||
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Well, we had our results mailed to our Illinois address. I haven't been back to the county health department yet. We don't currently live down on site. | |||
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That's possible and I hope that's what is going on. We retire in two years and are building a new house. I'm trying to get this figured out before we build. I appreciate the help from all of you. | |||
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| Run Silent Run Deep  |
We had a similar issue when we bought our home. UV does work but you need a sediment filter before it. Our county makes us test every two years and in 12 yrs. No nasties. Change bulb every year. _____________________________ Pledge allegiance or pack your bag! The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money. - Margaret Thatcher Spread my work ethic, not my wealth | |||
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| 10mm is The Boom of Doom |
Assuming that you don't enjoy drinking "swimming pool" water, it needs to be run through a carbon filter afterwards to remove the chorine. Oh, it also kills iron bacteria if that is a concern for you. God Bless and Protect the Once and Future President, Donald John Trump. | |||
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Shock chlorinate the entire system, then retest. | |||
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