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I'm with you, PA; if I chlorinate, it will be with the standard, cheaper chlorination unit. Dechlorination seems to usually be done with a charcoal filter; I can put one in the Big Blue canister I...

This weekend, I'm going to shock chlorinate my well. I have determined that the orange "mud" is entirely made up of ferric oxides--i.e. rust. Whether it comes from iron bacteria (which I'm...

I have a plumber who's ready and able to install a chlorinator, if I'll buy the unit. Any recommendations on a unit that drops pellets on a timed interval directly into the well? I'm still not at...

In essence, yes. It's some combination of bromine and chlorine that he finds more effective; but that's what it's doing. It's powered by a 9 volt battery, sits on top of the well.
Update: This...

Now, I really DO need some help! I called the folks who installed my pump, five years ago. The company owner came out after work, took a look at my filter, looked at my well, tested water from it...

The 0.5 micron WP.5BB97P String Wound PolyPropylene Filter arrived today--excellent shipping service; I promptly installed it. Made no appreciable difference in the water: Just as before, the hot...

This is beginning to sound more like a community water supply than a single family solution. I could find it more cost effective to dig a new well-assuming that would solve the problem. Cross my...

This sounds like more fun than any elderly homeowner should be allowed to have!

That, at least in theory, sounds like a great idea; execution could be a problem, as my whole setup is in a 3-foot high crawl space--not room for a 120 gallon tank. But maybe I could connect it up...

I don't appear to meet the criterion for the Lakos; my dirt settles out in more like 12 hours than 3-4 minutes--that is, the dirt that's causing me a problem by getting past my 1 micron filter. In...

"Now in place a lakos for +75micron sand then a Rusco spin down then Big Blue 5 micron 20" I don't know what some of those are! Can you clarify (the terms, not the water!)?

That was suggested, early on. I had the county analyze the water for bacteria, iron, etc. and there was nothing whatever in it they could detect. And that bright orange mud that is being caught by...

The title is a weak pun; I live in Orange County NC, and my problem is orange mud. I've got a good well, 125 feet, delivers 25 gpm; had the water analyzed several times, there's about nothing in...