tbiser
New Member
Hi all,
I've frequented this forum several times in the past year - this is my first post.
I moved into a newly constructed home Sept 07, and my water quality was really good. It was the cleanest water I've ever seen and tasted. Though, when I closed on the house, we did have an issue with coliform and sulfer smell. We had the well treated a few time with clorox and had it shocked and then received a good bill of health from the county.
In the past several months, we've been noticing a rust smell and orange deposits in the toilet bowl and really thick deposits in the tank. For the first 9 month, our bowl and tank were spotless.
Here's a little info on my setup;
260 ft well
40 ft pvc(or plastic) casing
sediment filter with 5 micron sediment filter
Also, here are my water test results from the county in October 2007..
Alkalinity as CaCO3 122 mg/l
Calcium 32.2 mg/l
Chloride IC <5.0 mg/l
Copper <0.05 mg/l
Iron 0.13 mg/l
Hardness as CaCO3 (Ca,Mg) 96 mg/l
Magnesium 3.9 mg/l
Manganese 0.19 mg/l
pH 7.1
Zinc 0.71 mg/l
I do intend to get another analysis done by the county soon, but I just find the sudden degradation of the water to be too odd and wonder if my well has a problem. I called the guys who dug the well, and he says that there's no problem with my well that it's likely iron bacteria and that it is normal. He also says I must treat my well on a regular basis to keep stuff like that under control. Upon my own inspection of the well, I notice that the well cap doesn't appear to be air tight (loose rusty bolts) and the faucet on the well cap is already rusted. I'll take pictures and post later if that'll help. I plan on treating it this weekend.
Anyway, none of my close neighbors are having this issue - they all have great water. Me? I'm replacing orange sediment filters once a month and my wife is beginning to give up on the toilets. My neighbors say that they only have to replace their filters once every 2-3 months and that their filters turn a dark grey. My filter looks about the color of red Charlotte clay - smells like it too (rusty, earthy). Any thoughts? Is it possible that this issue is seasonal? Will it go away? I was hoping I would never need a softner or iron filter, based on past analysis. Any advise you can lend would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance and God bless!
Thad
I've frequented this forum several times in the past year - this is my first post.
I moved into a newly constructed home Sept 07, and my water quality was really good. It was the cleanest water I've ever seen and tasted. Though, when I closed on the house, we did have an issue with coliform and sulfer smell. We had the well treated a few time with clorox and had it shocked and then received a good bill of health from the county.
In the past several months, we've been noticing a rust smell and orange deposits in the toilet bowl and really thick deposits in the tank. For the first 9 month, our bowl and tank were spotless.
Here's a little info on my setup;
260 ft well
40 ft pvc(or plastic) casing
sediment filter with 5 micron sediment filter
Also, here are my water test results from the county in October 2007..
Alkalinity as CaCO3 122 mg/l
Calcium 32.2 mg/l
Chloride IC <5.0 mg/l
Copper <0.05 mg/l
Iron 0.13 mg/l
Hardness as CaCO3 (Ca,Mg) 96 mg/l
Magnesium 3.9 mg/l
Manganese 0.19 mg/l
pH 7.1
Zinc 0.71 mg/l
I do intend to get another analysis done by the county soon, but I just find the sudden degradation of the water to be too odd and wonder if my well has a problem. I called the guys who dug the well, and he says that there's no problem with my well that it's likely iron bacteria and that it is normal. He also says I must treat my well on a regular basis to keep stuff like that under control. Upon my own inspection of the well, I notice that the well cap doesn't appear to be air tight (loose rusty bolts) and the faucet on the well cap is already rusted. I'll take pictures and post later if that'll help. I plan on treating it this weekend.
Anyway, none of my close neighbors are having this issue - they all have great water. Me? I'm replacing orange sediment filters once a month and my wife is beginning to give up on the toilets. My neighbors say that they only have to replace their filters once every 2-3 months and that their filters turn a dark grey. My filter looks about the color of red Charlotte clay - smells like it too (rusty, earthy). Any thoughts? Is it possible that this issue is seasonal? Will it go away? I was hoping I would never need a softner or iron filter, based on past analysis. Any advise you can lend would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance and God bless!
Thad