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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3344795" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Well, here we are a year later and we still don't have water safe to drink from our well. Latest test after another run at sanitizing the well came back with Coliform and e-coli at levels too high to drink.</p><p>We are gone in the RV so much that we don't worry about it that much and just use bottled water for cooking and drinking at home, but we have to do something, so today started looking at water well sanitizers.</p><p> Whole house RO systems are incredibly expensive and require expensive maintenance replacing membranes, etc.</p><p>Chlorination systems seemed to be the way to go. Relatively inexpensive compared to RO, but you do have to maintain the solution of bleach/chlorine in a holding tank that can vary up or down in the PH (PH is what kills the bad stuff) depending on temperatures and age in the holding tank.</p><p>Looking further, UV seems to be the answer. Basically the UVB light screws up the DNA of the E-coli and Coliform killing it. New bulb every year that is not that expensive and your good for another year. UVB kills everything. Particle filter in front of the UV unit to make sure any particles don't</p><p>More expensive than chlorination but chlorine doesn't kill everything dangerous to humans, and the excess chlorine would kill the good bacteria in the septic system.</p><p>Looks like this is the way out of this mess.</p><p>Spent all day researching. Am I seeing anything wrong?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3344795, member: 5412"] Well, here we are a year later and we still don't have water safe to drink from our well. Latest test after another run at sanitizing the well came back with Coliform and e-coli at levels too high to drink. We are gone in the RV so much that we don't worry about it that much and just use bottled water for cooking and drinking at home, but we have to do something, so today started looking at water well sanitizers. Whole house RO systems are incredibly expensive and require expensive maintenance replacing membranes, etc. Chlorination systems seemed to be the way to go. Relatively inexpensive compared to RO, but you do have to maintain the solution of bleach/chlorine in a holding tank that can vary up or down in the PH (PH is what kills the bad stuff) depending on temperatures and age in the holding tank. Looking further, UV seems to be the answer. Basically the UVB light screws up the DNA of the E-coli and Coliform killing it. New bulb every year that is not that expensive and your good for another year. UVB kills everything. Particle filter in front of the UV unit to make sure any particles don't More expensive than chlorination but chlorine doesn't kill everything dangerous to humans, and the excess chlorine would kill the good bacteria in the septic system. Looks like this is the way out of this mess. Spent all day researching. Am I seeing anything wrong? [/QUOTE]
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