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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 4237888" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>In our case, a lot more than 1 gallon is required to sterilize. We run 3/10 of a mile of 1 1/2" pvc that contains hundreds of gallons of water with a 129' lift after leaving the well pit. I did the calculations that I don't have at hand so the gallons could be off, but the point is there is a lot of water between the house and the well.</p><p> Poured a couple of gallons of bleach into the well for almost a year every week and never got the well to test clear of contamination with test from the OWB living on bottled and borrowed water.</p><p> I did the calculations after our well got flooded and was underwater for over 2 weeks.</p><p>To get the 10% recommendation the state said would work, I would have to dump about 20 gallons of bleach into the system, run it to the house and let it set. We tried that. Did not work.</p><p>The problem was not contamination building in the piping system, but the entire water table was contaminated by the flood water seeping into it after two weeks underwater.</p><p>As earlier stated, our water table in sandy loam is 10' deep. Very easy for the flood water to contaminate.</p><p>We eventually had to install a UV-C water sanitation system for a couple grand to get clean drinking water.</p><p>I did have the installers put a raw water tap into it so that one day the water may clean itself and we won't need that system anymore. Initial installation was a tad expensive but only requires maintenance every two years to replace the bulb and clean the glass tube.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 4237888, member: 5412"] In our case, a lot more than 1 gallon is required to sterilize. We run 3/10 of a mile of 1 1/2" pvc that contains hundreds of gallons of water with a 129' lift after leaving the well pit. I did the calculations that I don't have at hand so the gallons could be off, but the point is there is a lot of water between the house and the well. Poured a couple of gallons of bleach into the well for almost a year every week and never got the well to test clear of contamination with test from the OWB living on bottled and borrowed water. I did the calculations after our well got flooded and was underwater for over 2 weeks. To get the 10% recommendation the state said would work, I would have to dump about 20 gallons of bleach into the system, run it to the house and let it set. We tried that. Did not work. The problem was not contamination building in the piping system, but the entire water table was contaminated by the flood water seeping into it after two weeks underwater. As earlier stated, our water table in sandy loam is 10' deep. Very easy for the flood water to contaminate. We eventually had to install a UV-C water sanitation system for a couple grand to get clean drinking water. I did have the installers put a raw water tap into it so that one day the water may clean itself and we won't need that system anymore. Initial installation was a tad expensive but only requires maintenance every two years to replace the bulb and clean the glass tube. [/QUOTE]
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