I dumped a gallon of CS in my well and the problem seems better...but it is winter after all and growth is slower when it's cold. Main problem I DIDn't think of is what the CS will do to the septic tank.
Ode At 11:59 AM 2/18/2004 -0700, you wrote: >Why not put CS in the well? Is there a way to spray the inside of the >casing regardless of the germicide used? > >JOH > >-----Original Message----- >From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 8:12 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: CS>Water filter? > > >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. 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