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Could you explain this bleach process? Are you saying people add bleach to the well?

• throwawayboise 5y ago
  You add it to your storage tank (assuming you have one). Also done if you collect rainwater.
• sandworm101 5y ago
  Yes. I have personally done exactly that. When a well is first drilled it can have contamination from the drilling equipment. A few liters of chlorine bleach poured down the well kills everything. Holding tanks can also benefit from the occasional bleaching. You run the taps for a few hours and the diluted bleach passes through the system sanitizing everything along the way. It isn't really dangerous but you probably want to hold off on doing dark laundry during the process.
  • DrPhish 5y ago
    You also want to drop a hose from an outside tap down the top of the well casing after pouring the bleach down to really circulate it through the whole casing. High concentration bleach is also better than household. Then once you’ve opened all your taps and gotten bleachy water out of each, close the taps and leave it in the lines for as long as you can. Days if possible