How to Clean Well Water Systems
Well water systems can easily accumulate germs, bacteria and other minerals. This is why it is extremely important to clean the systems to rid them of those harmful things. The process that is used to clean the system is chlorination, which uses bleach.
Materials Needed
- Gloves
- Bleach
- Warm water
- Large bucket
- Garden hose
- Make sure you wear gloves when working with the bleach and the well water system. Mix your bleach and water. You will need to dilute every cup of bleach with 12 cups of warm water. You will need 1 gallon of bleach to effectively clean the system. Take the solution to the well water system with you.
- Decide if your well system has a sanitary seal or if the well is in the ground. If the system has a sanitary seal, you can remover the air vent from it. If the system is dug into the ground, remove the cover from the top of it.
- Slowly add the solution to the well water system. Place a hose into the well casing. Turn on the hose and allow it to run until you smell chlorine coming from the hose. Turn off the hose.
- Go inside and turn on all faucets on the inside and go outside and turn those on as well. Allow the faucets to all run until you notice the smell of chlorine. Turn off all of the faucets on the inside and outside of the home. Replace the lids on the well water system.
- Make sure you do not use any faucets for 24 hours. Take the hose to another area that does not have vegetation or any types of plants. Turn on the hose and allow it to run until there is not smell of chlorine present. Go inside and turn on all of the faucets until you do not smell chlorine