Hello,
I'd like some advice on how to treat the water result findings. This is a recreation property that I am looking to build a house on in the next year or so. I currently have a small cabin on the property. I believe the important parts have been placed in bold, but I'm new to this. There was an existing house on the property, which I tore down. The well was fairly new and had a water treatment system on it, but I don't know what it was. The management company removed it. Additionally, the well wasn't in a perfect state of repair. (Older lady) So I suspect that is the reason for the coliform. When I initially powered up the well, the water was a serious rust orange. So I pumped it for a week straight prior to these results. Additionally, I shocked the well after the results came back, but haven't retested for bacteria yet.
When I inspected the septic pipes of the house there was tremendous amounts of iron sediment in the pipes. Easily 1-2 inches of build up, that I'd like to avoid that in the new house. I'm not near the location so additional tests are easily obtained. So I'd like to have suggestions based on these results.
I tested the PH with this mail out test, digital meter, litmus paper, and pool drops... So I'm fairly confident that it's close to accurate.. (Less than 5PH).
Flow Rate out of the well close to the pressure vessel is 10.5 GPM.
There is a big of an egg smell, and toilet is quick to build up a film. So I expect there is also Iron and/or Sulfur Bacteria.
Ideally whatever system that I put in place, I'd like to minimize the maintenance and reoccurring costs, but I'm aware that nothing is free.
I've contacted numerous companies an the suggestions are all over the place, so I'm asking here for an impartial opinion.
Thanks for your time.
Aluminum, total 0.06 mg/L
Barium, total 0.05 mg/L'
Calcium, total 18.0 mg/L
Iron, total 10.1 mg/L
Lithium, total 0.06 mg/L
Magnesium, total 8.7 mg/L
Manganese, total 0.416 mg/L
Potassium, total 0.7 mg/L
Sodium, total 8.0 mg/L
Sulfur, total, by ICP 35.7 mg/L
Zinc, total 0.29 mg/L
Bacteria, total coliform Positive
Chloride 2.7 mg/L
Hardness 81 mg/L (as CaCO3)
Hardness (gpg) 4.7 grains/gallon
PH 4.7 S.U.
Silica 42.3 mg/L
Sulfate 112 mg/L
Turbidity 7.18 NT
Tot. diss. solids, estimated 181 mg/L
I'd like some advice on how to treat the water result findings. This is a recreation property that I am looking to build a house on in the next year or so. I currently have a small cabin on the property. I believe the important parts have been placed in bold, but I'm new to this. There was an existing house on the property, which I tore down. The well was fairly new and had a water treatment system on it, but I don't know what it was. The management company removed it. Additionally, the well wasn't in a perfect state of repair. (Older lady) So I suspect that is the reason for the coliform. When I initially powered up the well, the water was a serious rust orange. So I pumped it for a week straight prior to these results. Additionally, I shocked the well after the results came back, but haven't retested for bacteria yet.
When I inspected the septic pipes of the house there was tremendous amounts of iron sediment in the pipes. Easily 1-2 inches of build up, that I'd like to avoid that in the new house. I'm not near the location so additional tests are easily obtained. So I'd like to have suggestions based on these results.
I tested the PH with this mail out test, digital meter, litmus paper, and pool drops... So I'm fairly confident that it's close to accurate.. (Less than 5PH).
Flow Rate out of the well close to the pressure vessel is 10.5 GPM.
There is a big of an egg smell, and toilet is quick to build up a film. So I expect there is also Iron and/or Sulfur Bacteria.
Ideally whatever system that I put in place, I'd like to minimize the maintenance and reoccurring costs, but I'm aware that nothing is free.
I've contacted numerous companies an the suggestions are all over the place, so I'm asking here for an impartial opinion.
Thanks for your time.
Aluminum, total 0.06 mg/L
Barium, total 0.05 mg/L'
Calcium, total 18.0 mg/L
Iron, total 10.1 mg/L
Lithium, total 0.06 mg/L
Magnesium, total 8.7 mg/L
Manganese, total 0.416 mg/L
Potassium, total 0.7 mg/L
Sodium, total 8.0 mg/L
Sulfur, total, by ICP 35.7 mg/L
Zinc, total 0.29 mg/L
Bacteria, total coliform Positive
Chloride 2.7 mg/L
Hardness 81 mg/L (as CaCO3)
Hardness (gpg) 4.7 grains/gallon
PH 4.7 S.U.
Silica 42.3 mg/L
Sulfate 112 mg/L
Turbidity 7.18 NT
Tot. diss. solids, estimated 181 mg/L