Next steps after well cleaning for iron bacteria

[jacharya]

We are located on the plateau in Tennessee and have had constant issues with our well not providing the 2GPM rate it is rated for. We brought out a new well vendor and they noted a ton of Iron bacteria, and they thought that is why the well pump is reporting dry and also why we may have lost some depth to our well.

They did an iron cleaning where they dumped 50 pounds of chemical on Friday afternoon down the well and put the well pump on a timer so it would agitate the well water every 30 minutes. They then came back Monday afternoon to use a compressor to blow out the well. A ton of orange water came out and they were able to gain back 30 feet of depth. So now the well is 240 feet deep.
They then attached some sort of faucet at the well outlet and let the water run on a small stream until yesterday afternoon. They reconnected the well to our water system yesterday evening and early this morning and it looked and tasted normal.
One oddity is none of the cleaning would in theory have touched the pipe from the well to the house or any of the pipes in the house.
Suddenly late morning today, the water is very cloudy out of the faucet, then clears, which I think is just aeration, but the taste is off. I can’t place what is off about it. It was a bit saltier than normal, but that seems to have cleared, but the after-taste remains. Online they list a ton of things that could be the cause.

I am going to order a water test, but that will take a few weeks to get results. I have done the test where you measure the water out of the faucet. Any benefit to test the water directly from the well?

Our water goes from the well to a 1050 storage tank, then to a carbon filter, a softener, a neutralizer bed, and finally through a UV filter. I did notice the softener was “softening” earlier this morning, but not sure if that would cause any issues.

Any theories on why the water taste would change? I am guessing it's safe to drink given we have a UV filter, but since I have four kids under 10 years old, I want to make sure.

 

[Reach4]

Sounds fancy. THe water after the chemical treatment would sit in contact with the well for a while, and then the killing solution would be routed to the ditch, You would start drinking that water after the disinfecting solution was gone.

Sanitizing can raise some small solids, and you can see that in the water. http://terrylove.com/forums/index.p...izing-extra-attention-to-4-inch-casing.65845/ is one of the sanitizing writeups that I have made.

 

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[Valveman]

I would develop or pump out the well differently. I would let the pump go full flow and not restrict to a small flow for days. At full flow the well will pump dry, and a Cycle Sensor could shut it off. Then the timer on the Cycle Sensor can be set to restart the pump after a set time. I would start with an hour. The well just needs to recover long enough for the pump to run at least 3-5 minutes before pumping the well dry again. This will pump out a lot more crud than letting it run at a small stream for days.