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Cleaning your well water system.
If any test results indicate the presence of anaerobic bacteria and/or coliform bacteria or if you are experiencing cloudy water, low water flow, or taste anu odor problems-NGWA recommends having your well cleaned by a qualified professional water well system contractor prior to any servicing of your well system.
A common misconception by homeowners is that chlorine alone will clean a well-the more chlorine, the better. However, chlorine can serve as an effective disinfectant only after debris and other solid material are removed from the well. Well cleaning must remove debris from the well bottom and may require cleaning other components of the well if determined necessary by a qualified professional water well system contractor.
Such a contractor is equipped to properly clean your water well system. In addition to removing debris from the bottom of the well, the contractor can brush and clean the well casing to remove any accumulation of solid material, and clean and fush the gravel pack around the well and the natural formation (the aquifer) surrounding the well.
Water intakes should likewise be brushed and cleaned. And open borehole wells can be cleaned by carefully jetting the borehole walls to loosen the debris, which is then evacuated from the well.
Any water treatment devices that are part of your water well system should be checked and serviced by the installer according to specifications. A water treatment device that is not regularly maintained can harbor harmful bacteria.
- Is your water well system clean?
- Cleaning your well water system.
- Testing your well water.
- Water well system treatment.
Information provided by the National Ground Water Association.
