Can't Smell Bleach After Shocking Well
How much bleach is needed to shock a well.
Can't smell bleach after shocking well. When the house was completed last week I was told to shock the well with bleach before using the water. Shock chlorination is the process by which home water systems such as wells springs and cisterns are disinfected using household liquid bleach or chlorine. Pour the bleach into the well.
Contamination can occur when the well is installed or when repairs are made to the pump or plumbing. That might have happened with you. Fill a clean bucket with 3 gallons water to shock a drilled well.
There could be something wrong. Household bleach is usually 5 trade percent. How long should it take to clear up.
Carefully pour 12 gallon of household bleach into the water. Let your chlorinated water sit in the well system for a minimum of 6 hours. The procedure is to simply dump bleach down the well.
If youre using liquid chlorine bleach to shock your well water. Shock chlorination should take care of contamination that is introduced during these activities. Detect a strong chlorine odor.
I then ran the hose for probably 130 gallons of water. This publication contains guidelines for safely and effectively using shock chlorination -- a standard treatment for. PROCEDURE FOR SHOCK CHLORINATION 1.