Question: How do I preform a well chlorination?

Answer: Well Shock & Recirculation Instructions-

1. Remove well cap from well.

2. Pull excess wiring out of well structure.

3. Pour 1.5 gl. of household bleach into well structure and around side of well casing.

4. Put garden hose into well structure and turn on at a medium flow.

5. Run hose for 3-4 hours. (You may want to bypass water treatment during this period.)

6. After the hose has run for 3-4 hours, smell water from hose to check for odor of chlorine.

7. Once the odor is detected, turn off the hose and recap the well.

8. Now run the water in the house one fixture at a time until you smell the chlorine odor. Then shut off. After all fixtures and pipes are chlorinated then put water treatment back in service.

Once the chlorination procedure has been completed you must:

1. Let the water sit for 3-4 hours without usage, this allows the chlorine to sanitize your system.

2. After 3-4 hours of not using the water, you may now use the water for flushing toilets and taking showers only. Do not use the water for cooking, drinking, laundry or watering grass. *With taking showers the chlorine concentration will be equivalent to a pool chlorine level, people with sensitive skin and infants may want to minimize exposure.

3. Over the course of 3-5 days of toilet and shower use the chlorine level is slowly worked out of the well. The chlorine needs to stay in the well as long as possible to be effective. If chlorine is still strong after 5 days you may want to start to run more water to aid in flushing out the system.

4. A bacteria retest can be preformed 5-7 days after all chlorine is gone.

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