I think you are a little mixed up here. Iron is initially in the ground in the form of either metallic iron or iorn oxide, rust. If it is rust, then it stays put, it is already chemically at ground level and is insoluble.
If the water is sightly acidic, such as containing oxides of sulfur (that is having sulfuric and sulfurious acids), then the iron will react with the acid producting soluble forms of iron, such as iron sulfate. If there is any oxygen in the water then iron bacteria will oxidize the iron sulfate (or whatever compound of iron there is in the water) producing iron oxide or rust. The batting will filter out the iron oxide and the bacteria. The bateria are harmless to humans. Only the Tin Man from Wizard of Oz would need to worry about them. Now, the water I am talking about having iron has soluble iron that comes in from the veins that way. I believe what you are referring to is rust, which can be easily filtered out Coyote. That can be caused by iron bacteria eating away at the well casing in the well, and yes, chlorine would quickly kill off those and stop that for a while. One can create iron colonies of bacteria by keeping a piece of iron wet. If you watch the way the rust grows it is identical to the way colonies of bacteria and fungus will grow on a media. I noticed this when I was in school and attempted a science fair project back when no one knew (or no one I knew) even knew that such bacteria existed. Unfortunately I used penecillian to try to kill the bacteria, and it didn't work, so I thought my theory was all wrong and dropped the project. Marshall Ode Coyote wrote: > I think the source of the iron is the iron bacterium. > If the water is run trough the poyester filter, the bacterium, who like to > be attached to things..like the toilet bowl.., have a lot of surface area > to attach themselves to. > Iron, once it oxidizes or in ore form is pretty stable and tends to stay > put, but the bacterium digest it into the water as evidenced by the fact > that shocking the well with chlorine keeps the water good for a > while..after the chlorine is gone. > The bactrium are anaerobic, so sending all the well water into a spray to > oxygenate it should kill em off and the iron settle out. [Big settling tank] > Humm, maybe pumping compressed air into the well water to kill em off > 'before' they suck iron out of the rock? > How many PSI to pump a stream of bubbles down through 300 ft of water? [a > lot, I'll bet] > I only have to pump water up 30 ft..air, down 300 ft. > I'm using a shallow well venturi type pump..maybe an air injecting venturi > would do it by oxygenating the return water. > Ode > > At 09:40 AM 2/15/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >Go to a fabric store and buy a couple yards of 50/50 cotton polyester quilt > >batting to filter out the iron. I made a filter with 2 5 gallon buckets that > >were drilled and used the fabric between them . It removed almost all the > >iron. I changed the fabric out once a month on my well. > > > > > > > >TJ Garland, CMO supplier > > there are no incurable illnesses-only incurable people. > > > > > > > > > > > >>From: Wayne Fugitt <[email protected]> > >>Reply-To: [email protected] > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: Re: CS>Water filter? > >>Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 20:23:03 -0600 > >> > >>Evening Marjie, > >> > >> >> thinking of getting me some leeches and let them dine on my toes. > >> > >> You could consider making blood donations from time to time. I > >>really hate to do it because I have spent so much effort and so much money > >>over the years trying to make it high quality. Still, I never feel it at > >>all when I do it. > >>>> > >>>>If the problem is iron algae or bacteria you're talking thousands for > >>>>complete whole house treatment. > >>>>Some of my neighbors have the problem so bad the water is brown as > >>>>mud..mine isn't that bad but has a distict flavor and stains everything > >>>>eventually. > >> > >> We has a similar situation at my hunting camp. A very deep well, 8 > >>inch casing, and a 3 HP pump submerged in the well. > >> > >> The filter selected cost about $ 1500. It does a good job, with > >>automatic back flushing, and chemical injectors. The water has no smell, > >>no brown color and tastes half decent. > >> > >> I don't drink it but the others do. I carry my own water everywhere I > >>go. > >> > >> I was surprised what a good job it does. I did not select the filter > >>nor did I help with the installation due to other obligations at the time. > >> > >> Wayne > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>-- > >>The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >> > >>Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > >> > >>To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >>Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > >> > >>Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >>OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > >> > >>List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >> > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > >Find great local high-speed Internet access value at the MSN High-Speed > >Marketplace. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/ > > > > > >-- > >The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > > >Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] > >Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > >Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > >OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > > >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. 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