Well water treatment systems????

JD Seller · Jan 4, 2015

I have had a water smell issue for the last year with the well water in this house. I have had the water tested three times and all the test come back with the water being good.

I shock treated the well and not much change.

I replaced the hot water heater as the anode rod was shot. Not much change.

I finally tried treating the water with Hydrogen Peroxide That seems to work better. The smell is gone for days after I treat the system.

I am looking at a Oxyblast injection system. It will inject a metered amount of Hydrogen Peroxide into the water when the well pump runs.

My question is about this brand of system and if any of you have any other type of Hydrogen Peroxide injection/treatment system that your using in your house water supply????

Spudm · Jan 4, 2015

The smell wasn't there before, but now it is. I had that problem once before, and once I changed the rod in the water heater, it took a while, but eventually it went away.

Goose · Jan 4, 2015

Could anything have gotten down the well tube?

My wife's parents had a problem with smelly water once. They finally had a well rig pull the pump. The found a bunch of dead garter snakes wrapped around the pipe above the pump. They'd crawled through a small opening where the electrical cord entered the top of the well.

The fellow running the well rig threw up. They cleaned the mess, fixed it so nothing could get by the electrical line, poured a couple of gallons of Clorox down the well, and let it run for a week. Even then it was six months before my FIL could bring himself to drink water out of the well. They came over to our house and filled jugs for drinking water.

Dean Olson · Jan 4, 2015

Chemical dosing pumps are tried and true technology. You won't have any issues if you research a good brand. I like Blue White peristaltic pumps. Look for a servicing dealer. Typically these will be the guys that service water wells that are classic as public wells by the gov. Think restaurants or convenience stores outside town.

I have no experience injecting hydrogen peroxide. I guess it's an oxidizer. We always injected a dilute solution of household bleach. We also used phosphate for some water problems.

I suggest you get a water test from a lab to determine exactly what your dealing with. You might call your local well driller and see if he has any insight.

CBBC · Jan 4, 2015

I am in area with poor water volume, sulphur and at times high methane...lots of old coal deposits. We have lots of water, but at times methane, we could take a milk jug of water from the tap, cap it and let the gas accumulate at the top...then light it.

We put in a small 500 ga cistern, with a cross at the top out of pvc with 1/8th holes every 2 inchs. When the deep pump comes on it spays the water into the tank, helping to de gas it.

At the same time we have a chem injector - steiner pump, and inject chlorine.

I maintain the Cl at .1-.3 ppm. Works good, if Cl is too high my wife will tell me. Since I have put it in no more stinky water and health board tests for e.coli every month (commercial kitchen on site). We have had no issues.

We do also have a under counter R.O. I picked up at plumbing wholesaler. Works good and wife and kids prefers drinking that. Pretty simple to maintain the whole thing...spraying the water off probably takes care of 90% of the smell / flavour.
Grant

GunnyIa · Jan 4, 2015

We get water from a 20' sand-point well. Have no experience with injectors, but we found a water softener offers additional filtration, which reduces smell and taste. Our water goes through a whole-house filter, a sand filter, then the water softener. I've never put anything, chemical or tablet, down the well.

Gunny, in Iowa

todd hamilton · Jan 4, 2015

We had a high sulfur content well in Indiana. Kinetco water softener and monthly hi flow carbon filter change gave us serviceable water. However it was so salty we couldn't drink it.

fixerupper · Jan 4, 2015

We use a chlorinator that drops chlorine pellets in the well. It's on an adjustable percentage timer and runs whenever the well pump kicks in. The one well we use serves my son's place and our place. They get smelly water when the chlorinator runs out of pellets. we don't have a problem with smell. Some of the well service people in our area don't like chlorinators. They claim the chlorine eats pipes. These chlorinators are made locally so we have a bunch of them in our area. The pellets are NOT cheap. This chlorine is dropped in the well at such a low dose we don't smell or taste it. I've never heard of injecting peroxide. If it's cheaper and less corrosive than chlorine I'd be willing to try it.

Steve@Advance · Jan 4, 2015

Is the smell in all the water or just in the hot? I've been told the hot water smell is caused by a certain type anode rod, don't remember what kind, assuming the type they come with. If taking the rod out clears the problem, the rod can be replaced with an electronic rod that doesn't react with the water.

I've got that problem at my Moms house, rotten egg smell in the hot water. Never did anything about it, she wouldn't hear of chemical injection. Tried a softener, didn't work. Never removed the anode, was afraid it would start the old heater to leaking. Now that she's moved in with us, I'll be looking to sell the place, nobody will buy it with that smell!

gbs · Jan 4, 2015

try a whole house charcoal filter between the well and house sometimes that will take care of it, also if you're using and older tank with and air charger drain the tank and see what comes out, I've change out a few thru the years and the junk that came out of the old tank would make one wonder if they should have be drinking water from it

JD Seller · Jan 4, 2015

There are chlorine injectors around here and they will corrode the well pipe and pump. Also I do not like the smell or taste of chlorine in the water.

This company claims that hydrogen peroxide will help with several water issues that chlorine will not.

I do know if I dump a quart of hydrogen peroxide down the well the smell will quit for a week to ten days.
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JD Seller · Jan 4, 2015

Additional information:

1) The well is only 12 years old and provides good no sulfur water. It just is hard from limestone deposits.

2) I have a water softener for the whole house and a reverse osmosis system at the kitchen sink.

3) The smell is mainly in the hot water. I cleaned and flushed the lines with water an chlorine as I installed the new hot water heater.

4) There is nothing found on any of the water tests I have had done. Two of these have been through the county health department.

Like I posted below. If I add hydrogen peroxide to the well it will be smell free for a week to ten days. I do not fully under stand what the hydrogen peroxide does.

IA Roy · Jan 4, 2015

Article in Farm Show news quite a few years ago. They use Higher concentration Hydrogen peroxide with a squeeze pump to inject into the line coming from the pump. Try this link or Google Farm Show news hydrogen peroxide. I think the guy is between Story City and Mason City near I35. He says you only have to set the pump once.

http://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=25293

GordoSD · Jan 5, 2015

It's the anode in the water heater. I recently replaced a 15 year old heater. Immediately had the H2SO4 smell. Local mom and pop appliance dealer told me to remove the anode rod, they would stand by the factory warrantee by their lonesome. Did that smell gone in 5 days.
Iam on shallow artesian well.

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