Hi,

I just received a water analysis from our well. We live in Ontario, Canada,
this is a new well and we've been using it for about a year and a half with
no problems at all. The water was great, until just about a week ago.
The water has turned salty and metallic tasting. We called our water
softener guy to come and check things out and he said our TDS had gone up
substantially and of course he was right!

My question is, why did our water change so drastically all of a sudden??
What are the chances that it will go back to the way it was??
What will this water cause the way it is now? I doubt I'll be able to use
it to water my gardens outside now?

Anyway, here are the results from the lab:

Alkalinity as CaCO3: 228 mg/L

Chloride: 526 mg/L

Conductivity: 2760 uS/cm

Fluoride: 1.12 mg/L

N-NO3 (nitrate): 0.10 mg/L

pH: 7.71

Sulphate: 481 mg/L

TDS: 1930 mg/L

Hardness as CaCO3: 573 mg/L ( I believe this works out to about 33 grains
of hardness?)

Ion Balance: 0.96

Calcium : 142 mg/L

Magnesium: 53 mg/L

Potassium: 11 mg/L

Sodium: 379 mg/L

Iron: 1.30 mg/L

Maganese : 0.03 mg/L

Hi,

I have worked with Scottish Water in the past and my speciality is lead
in public water supplies but I have dealt with water qaulity for
sometime.

The increase in TDS can be due to any disruption around the well. Has
there been vibration around the well to upset the coating? This would
cause the natural coating on the well to break up and cause a spike of
TDS. This would disappear when the coating reforms and there is again a
satble environment.

Another causes can be heavy rain, flow is reversed and increase in pH.
The water is very hard (high alkalinity) so the pH should be stable so
my guess is disruption around the well or water source. It should
settle and return to normal soon.

Hope this helps.

Kelly

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Hi,

I just received a water analysis from our well. We live in Ontario,
Canada,
this is a new well and we've been using it for about a year and a half
with
no problems at all. The water was great, until just about a week ago.
The water has turned salty and metallic tasting. We called our water
softener guy to come and check things out and he said our TDS had gone up
substantially and of course he was right!

My question is, why did our water change so drastically all of a sudden??
What are the chances that it will go back to the way it was??
What will this water cause the way it is now? I doubt I'll be able to use
it to water my gardens outside now?

Anyway, here are the results from the lab:

Alkalinity as CaCO3: 228 mg/L

Chloride: 526 mg/L

Conductivity: 2760 uS/cm

Fluoride: 1.12 mg/L

N-NO3 (nitrate): 0.10 mg/L

pH: 7.71

Sulphate: 481 mg/L

TDS: 1930 mg/L

Hardness as CaCO3: 573 mg/L ( I believe this works out to about 33
grains
of hardness?)

Ion Balance: 0.96

Calcium : 142 mg/L

Magnesium: 53 mg/L

Potassium: 11 mg/L

Sodium: 379 mg/L

Iron: 1.30 mg/L

Maganese : 0.03 mg/L

Not being a water expert, I'll guess that "TDS" is total disolved solids,
right? Have you compared your data with the data from various city water
supplies? Some do use wells. Often the data are on-line since it's
required to be reported to the public once a year. Here, we drink Lake
Erie, not well water; but there's a water quality report at:
http://www.clevelandheights.com/pdfs...brochure04.pdf

Seems like a local health department would be able to tell you if any of
your numbers would make the water unhealthy.

TKM

Hi again,

I called the drilling company who drilled the well across the street and
they said that it was almost 100% sure that our water changed like that
because of their drilling that new well.
They said it is not uncommon at all for this to happen in rural
subdivisions.
We were told to run a hose out to the ditch and run the water for at least
12 hours. We have done this and all the salt taste is gone. The water
tastes as it did before! She did say that we may have to repeat it a couple
of times, but so far so good!!
I'll still wait a few weeks and then go and get it re-tested at the lab just
to compare.
Hopefully it will stay like this now.

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wrote in message
.. .
Hi,

I just received a water analysis from our well. We live in Ontario,
Canada,
this is a new well and we've been using it for about a year and a half
with
no problems at all. The water was great, until just about a week ago.
The water has turned salty and metallic tasting. We called our water
softener guy to come and check things out and he said our TDS had gone
up
substantially and of course he was right!

My question is, why did our water change so drastically all of a
sudden??
What are the chances that it will go back to the way it was??
What will this water cause the way it is now? I doubt I'll be able to
use
it to water my gardens outside now?

Anyway, here are the results from the lab:

Alkalinity as CaCO3: 228 mg/L

Chloride: 526 mg/L

Conductivity: 2760 uS/cm

Fluoride: 1.12 mg/L

N-NO3 (nitrate): 0.10 mg/L

pH: 7.71

Sulphate: 481 mg/L

TDS: 1930 mg/L

Hardness as CaCO3: 573 mg/L ( I believe this works out to about 33
grains
of hardness?)

Ion Balance: 0.96

Calcium : 142 mg/L

Magnesium: 53 mg/L

Potassium: 11 mg/L

Sodium: 379 mg/L

Iron: 1.30 mg/L

Maganese : 0.03 mg/L

Not being a water expert, I'll guess that "TDS" is total disolved solids,
right? Have you compared your data with the data from various city water
supplies? Some do use wells. Often the data are on-line since it's
required to be reported to the public once a year. Here, we drink Lake
Erie, not well water; but there's a water quality report at:
http://www.clevelandheights.com/pdfs...brochure04.pdf

Seems like a local health department would be able to tell you if any of
your numbers would make the water unhealthy.

TKM

The reason why they have told you to use a hose is so that you that you
are cleaning out the sedimented water. I am convinced the drilling has
disturbed your settled water and this is the cause. I have seen it so
many times the vibration upsets the stability of any coating on the
well and the settled sediment in the water. Once the water has
resettled and stabilised it should be ok.

TDS - Total Dissolved Solids: They are not usually harmful but may
explain any taste complaints. It is basically sediment.

Hope this helped.

Kelly

Sorry forgot to mention....

All your numbers meet the WHO and EPA guidelines for drinking water so
it is safe to drink.