One other thing you need to know. What type of bacteria are they? If it is iron bacteria then shocking will likely not be a long term cure, and it is not necessary. I have a well that has loads of iron bacteria in it, and I simply filter them out. They are harmless to anything but iron and manganese which they will rust and eat up quickly.
If any get through the filter then there is no harm done for us mammals. (Now if a person has their stomach stapled, they might attack the staples, but probably not since the staples are likely stainless steel, which will kill the bacteria). Marshall [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 02/28/2003 10:13:44 AM Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > >> Hi a friend is in the process of selling their house and in >> testing the drilled 250' deep well it has come up with a higher >> than acceptable level of bacteria . A well company is planning to >> shock the well with Chlorine which will cost them around $300 >> dollars . I wonder if there is a way that a few gallons of > > No experience treating a well with CS, but once had to treat the water > well of a country store that I was managing. Got information on > treating it myself with chlorine bleach from the county health > department. Only cost a few dollars to do it. > Laura H. > TX
