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Iron Reducing Bacteria
We have discovered that we have Iron reducing bacteria in our new well.
We have been living in our new house for about 5 months and always had a funny smell in the cold water. A test from a lab confirmed that it was iron reducing bacteria and in high concentration 3+ out of 5. From what I've read on google this is very bad. We did bleach our well already and that lasted 2 days and the smell came back. We called Culligan and they stated that the problem could be very serious as the smell came back so quick after bleaching. My understanding is that IRB (Iron reducing bacteria) can render a well system useless very quickly. Can anyone suggest a course of action to deal with this. The builder says that its not his problem. Thanks. |
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wrote in message ups.com... We have discovered that we have Iron reducing bacteria in our new well. We have been living in our new house for about 5 months and always had a funny smell in the cold water. A test from a lab confirmed that it was iron reducing bacteria and in high concentration 3+ out of 5. From what I've read on google this is very bad. We did bleach our well already and that lasted 2 days and the smell came back. We called Culligan and they stated that the problem could be very serious as the smell came back so quick after bleaching. My understanding is that IRB (Iron reducing bacteria) can render a well system useless very quickly. Can anyone suggest a course of action to deal with this. The builder says that its not his problem. Thanks. I'd get in touch with the health authorities about the potential health risks and what, if any, responsibilities are those of the builder. |
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Iron Reducing Bacteria
"C & E" wrote in message ... wrote in message ups.com... We have discovered that we have Iron reducing bacteria in our new well. We have been living in our new house for about 5 months and always had a funny smell in the cold water. A test from a lab confirmed that it was iron reducing bacteria and in high concentration 3+ out of 5. From what I've read on google this is very bad. We did bleach our well already and that lasted 2 days and the smell came back. We called Culligan and they stated that the problem could be very serious as the smell came back so quick after bleaching. My understanding is that IRB (Iron reducing bacteria) can render a well system useless very quickly. Can anyone suggest a course of action to deal with this. The builder says that its not his problem. Thanks. I'd get in touch with the health authorities about the potential health risks and what, if any, responsibilities are those of the builder. There are no health problems; the water just tastes lousy. I have the same problem. A carbon filter lasts a couple days. The only real fix is pretty expensive. I have stopped noticing it, but my wife hasn't. |
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Iron Reducing Bacteria
Well, my wife and I are sick of it ! I'm going to tackle it one way or
another. Has anyone else had dealings with Iron Reducing bacteria and how to deal with it ? And what damage it can cause ? Toller wrote: "C & E" wrote in message ... wrote in message ups.com... We have discovered that we have Iron reducing bacteria in our new well. We have been living in our new house for about 5 months and always had a funny smell in the cold water. A test from a lab confirmed that it was iron reducing bacteria and in high concentration 3+ out of 5. From what I've read on google this is very bad. We did bleach our well already and that lasted 2 days and the smell came back. We called Culligan and they stated that the problem could be very serious as the smell came back so quick after bleaching. My understanding is that IRB (Iron reducing bacteria) can render a well system useless very quickly. Can anyone suggest a course of action to deal with this. The builder says that its not his problem. Thanks. I'd get in touch with the health authorities about the potential health risks and what, if any, responsibilities are those of the builder. There are no health problems; the water just tastes lousy. I have the same problem. A carbon filter lasts a couple days. The only real fix is pretty expensive. I have stopped noticing it, but my wife hasn't. |
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Iron Reducing Bacteria
http://www.awwda.com/shock.html
wrote in message ups.com... Well, my wife and I are sick of it ! I'm going to tackle it one way or another. Has anyone else had dealings with Iron Reducing bacteria and how to deal with it ? And what damage it can cause ? |
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Iron Reducing Bacteria
That is excellent information, but since we shocked chlorinated and
that didn't work at all...I fear we might have a much worse problem then we even realize. Don wrote: http://www.awwda.com/shock.html wrote in message ups.com... Well, my wife and I are sick of it ! I'm going to tackle it one way or another. Has anyone else had dealings with Iron Reducing bacteria and how to deal with it ? And what damage it can cause ? |
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