Water purification with well

doodles · #1 09/11/05, 10:02 AM

I would like information on how/.what to use to ensure that water that is taken from our well is safe for consumption.I have heard that some people install and ultraviolet light to kill bacteria. We live in a fairly populated area and want to be as safe as possible. What is required to bottle water?

mysticokra · #2 09/11/05, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by doodles

I would like information on how/.what to use to ensure that water that is taken from our well is safe for consumption.I have heard that some people install and ultraviolet light to kill bacteria. We live in a fairly populated area and want to be as safe as possible. What is required to bottle water?

First you need a "critter" test. You local county Ag people can tell you where to get it tested for a few dollars. While most treatments will entail pouring a gallon of clorox down the well, not all critters can be treated that way. Giardia, for example, has to be killed with iodine.

Are you planning to bottle it for your own use for sale? Sale involves extensive purification technologies.

doodles · #3 09/11/05, 10:24 AM

We had it tested for drinking and all is clear at the time that it was testedl. It is a drilled well that is capped. I just worry that contaminates make seep in from ground water when we have heavy rains. We are near an industrial area. I am not planning to sell bottled water but would like to use it for our family and friends.

mamajohnson · #4 09/11/05, 03:08 PM

The safest way to drink it would be to buy a British Berkfield water filter. We use one for all our drinking water. Have never had our well tested, but it doesnt matter, it is dry most of the time anyway. So, then we haul water from the creek.... It all goes through the Berky, and we have never gotten sick. Best water filter around.
Look here: http://www.aaoobfoods.com/BritishBerkefeld.htm
We have had our Big Berky for 4 years, and I just recently bought replacement filters. They can be cleaned and reused many many times.
I have heard you could put sewer water through it and still drink it, but I dont think I am brave enough to try that yet!!!

Shagbarkmtcatle · #5 09/11/05, 04:47 PM

You must take water from one of your faucets and send it to a state certified lab to test for e coli and other ickies. My dh is a master plumber and can test for stuff like iron, hardness, ph, but to test for the stuff you are worried about, it must be tested at the state lab. They will send you back info about what is in the water and how much of it is in there. They also recommend what type of purification system you will need.

Laura Lynn

raymilosh · #6 09/12/05, 09:58 AM

if you have a drilled well, it is likely that shallow sources of contaminated water should be excluded from getting into your well. The well casing is supposed to extend all the way down to competant bedrock. Only water from deep sources it supposed to get in.
Checking again immediately after a rain still isn't a bad idea, though. Explain to the health dept folks about your concerns and ask them to resample it. It is their right to say "we already sampled it and it's OK" If you need to have it sampled more often for your own peace of mind, you can then still ask, or offer to pay them for the service or look for independant labs to analyze your water.