The sodium hypochlorite active in liquid bleach reacts with the iron and changes it to the chemical form as rust.
Too much bleach in well water.
Drinking bleach damages the mouth esophagus and stomach lowers blood pressure and may lead to coma and death.
This new yellow red discoloration then deposits on clothes and after drying has essentially dyed the clothes.
Diluted bleach is used to purify drinking water.
If someone drinks bleach immediately contact poison control.
6 attach a hose to the nearest outside faucet and allow the water to run onto the ground for 1 2 minutes until you smell chlorine.
Turn the water back on to the house 3.
Shut the water off to the well.
Cyst and viruses that are so small they are listed under as total coliform bacteria result are introduced through groundwater and can enter your drinking supply in.
Once you smell chlorine wash the inside of the well casing with the bleach scented water.
A chlorine test kit can be used to precisely measure chlorine levels in the water rather than relying on scent alone.
You may need up to 10 gallons 37 9 l of bleach depending on the volume of water within your well and the strength of the bleach.
You will need access again.
Using a funnel pour the bleach into your well.
Well water and liquid bleach are just not very compatible.
According to the epa the maximum recommended ppm parts per million of chlorine bleach in drinking water is apparently 4 ppm.
The answer is yes.
Once you get that bleach smell at the well head go inside and open all your faucets sink and shower until you smell bleach there too.
Chlorinating a well with bleach can lower your results for iron and coliform bacteria and also is an inexpensive efficient way to purify a well for a safe source of drinking water.
In this case a very small amount of bleach is added to a large volume of water to kill pathogens.
Don t read too much into the wording concentrated just read the bottle most concentrated bleach is simply normal 8 25 chlorine or sodium hypochlorite bleach.
So my 4 mistakes were too highly concentrated bleach 8 5 too much bleach 3 gallons not washing down the inside of the well pipe with the hose used 5 gallon bucket not back flushing the two tanks under pressure to remove rusty particles which later combined with the bleach.
Generally speaking water that has a chlorine level of 4 ppm would smell very strong of chlorine whereas a hint of smell indicates a level well below that.
A chlorine test kit is the only true way to know for sure.
Put the well cap back on but don t put the bolts on.
That s a nice inventory of snafus.
Then place the hose in the hole where you poured the bleach allow the water to run back into the well for 15 20 minutes.
