francis luze wrote: > A question to the Group, > > BTW, you guys & girls are great, I always read what each has to say or > offer...thank you! > > I'm a city slicker turned country boy 'bout 5 years ago. So I have a > well that we use for drinking water. We're lucky? Cause most people > around these parts don't drink their well water, seems they rather truck > in city water (yuk!), anyhoo I suspect they are uneducated about well > maintenance but not all. It is common practice around here to shock your > well with a solution of 15% bleach annually, just to keep the bacteria > in check. When I speak of bacteria I'm not necssarily talking about the > bad ones. The main problem around these parts is iron bacteria. Slimes > up your pipes, stains all the fixtures, makes your water smell like > rotten eggs.
Those are pretty hard to keep in check in the well, the solution I found is to use the ChemFree iron filter, works like a champ, and the water it gives you is clear and sweet instead of red, foul and smelling like rotten eggs. > > > I have a lab test done on my water every year for pathogenic > bacteria...so far negative...but I do have a slight problem with iron > bacteria. I have to admit, I did shock my well with 15% chlorine 5 years > ago and it did work. But now those little pests are resurfacing. > > Seeing what I now know about CS, I was thinking about shocking my well > with 10 gal of 15-20 ppm CS rather than going the bleach route (yuk!). > > Anybody out there tried this approach and what were your results? All I > can do is try. > I would assume that CS would be effective on iron bacteria but have not tried it. Marshall > > I'd appreciate hearing about your experiences. Who knows maybe this > could lead to something more in tune with the cycles of nature for us > country folk. > > In Love & Trust, > > Francis > > Up in Alberta, Canada > > www.bio-plasmics.org > > -- > 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] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
