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OldSchool · 02-09-2010, 03:36 PM

Good luck with the smell in the water.... You are going to have to shock the well. That is chlorine ( pool shock ). This may not solve the problem. But may reduce it. The cause of the rotten egg smell is hydrogen sulfide from sulfide bacteria in the well water. This type of bacteria loves a high Iron content. The bacteria is covered in a jelly and it is extremely hard for the chlorine to break down this lining. In the most extreme cases lye can be used as it is more corrosive and will eat through the jell killing the bacteria. Also on a further note I have heard that silver could also be used to kill the bacteria in a well.

Shantellees · 02-10-2010, 11:49 AM

Great info Oldschool thanks. I've heard all those remedies before but a long time ago and I'd forgotten them. Probate will be rapped up soon and she'll have a nice chunk of money. I think what we are going to do is re-drill. She's only about 80' and needs to be around 200'. Her neighbors have decent water at around that depth. Good thing she has a really cheap plumber, says she's going to fly me somewhere when it's all finished and behind us. Works for me.

OldSchool · 02-10-2010, 09:03 PM

How the water table where you are at? You could drive a point and would have a lot better water than a drilled well.

Shantellees · 02-11-2010, 11:34 AM

That does not sound like a good time.

The good stuff is down around 180'

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02-09-2010, 03:36 PM	#11
OldSchool SharkBite Certified Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 3,655 My Photos	Good luck with the smell in the water.... You are going to have to shock the well. That is chlorine ( pool shock ). This may not solve the problem. But may reduce it. The cause of the rotten egg smell is hydrogen sulfide from sulfide bacteria in the well water. This type of bacteria loves a high Iron content. The bacteria is covered in a jelly and it is extremely hard for the chlorine to break down this lining. In the most extreme cases lye can be used as it is more corrosive and will eat through the jell killing the bacteria. Also on a further note I have heard that silver could also be used to kill the bacteria in a well.

02-10-2010, 11:49 AM	#12
Shantellees Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 49 My Photos	Great info Oldschool thanks. I've heard all those remedies before but a long time ago and I'd forgotten them. Probate will be rapped up soon and she'll have a nice chunk of money. I think what we are going to do is re-drill. She's only about 80' and needs to be around 200'. Her neighbors have decent water at around that depth. Good thing she has a really cheap plumber, says she's going to fly me somewhere when it's all finished and behind us. Works for me.

02-10-2010, 09:03 PM	#13
OldSchool SharkBite Certified Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Ontario Canada Posts: 3,655 My Photos	How the water table where you are at? You could drive a point and would have a lot better water than a drilled well.

02-11-2010, 11:34 AM	#14
Shantellees Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Minnesota Posts: 49 My Photos	That does not sound like a good time. The good stuff is down around 180'