Anybody do this periodically to your water well? If so, what procedure do you use? Seems like open up the well, dump in a couple cups of bleach, back flush it with a hose from the house. I'm also seeing some people use chlorine granules. What do ya'll do?

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Posted by Spelt it rong

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Posted on 2/11/23 at 5:52 pm to indytiger

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Seems like open up the well, dump in a couple cups of bleach, back flush it with a hose from the house

One cup of 12.5% should be fine, just make sure you flush it pretty well. Bleach is highly corrosive 7ppm+

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Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 2/11/23 at 7:37 pm to indytiger

why?

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Posted by indytiger

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Posted on 2/11/23 at 8:18 pm to cgrand

Apparently a lot of people do it to sanitize their water and keep it smelling good. I ran into the old owner of my home recently and he said he used to shock it once/year.

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Posted by cgrand

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Posted on 2/12/23 at 7:19 am to indytiger

been on a well since 1995 and never have done that. In fact I’d never heard of it until now

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Posted by 2 Jugs

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Posted on 2/12/23 at 7:25 am to cgrand

Not all well water is the same.

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Posted by ultralite

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Posted on 2/12/23 at 7:48 pm to cgrand

It can kill any iron-eating bacteria that’s found in some wells. Typical “clear iron” wells may have a filamentous brown “algae” that starts to form in the lines which show up in toilets, tank bowls, etc.

In my opinion it is probably a losing battle unless done a lot. If I had that problem I would likely install a chlorine injection system near the softener.

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