Some of you will remember one of the first posts to this blog, "Just another humiliation". This post told the tale of our septic system gone awry. Now, two years later, the well is acting up. A city girl at heart, I have never fully embraced the idea of having a well or a septic system. It's all a little too "Little House on the Prarie" for me. But, I have tried to summon my inner Ed Begley Jr. and appreciate the self sufficiency and positive environmental impact of our water system.
Of course, I am not particularly keen on drinking the well water which results in my purchase of large quantities of bottled water -- not so environmentally friendly.
Recently, we were asked by the county to provide a water sample and test results to show our well was in good working order. The results of this test? POLLUTED! Oh yes, our well is polluted -- yummy bacteria.
Ok, I am rolling with it. We got some advice... put some bleach and chlorine tablets in your well and kill the bacteria. Actually, they said "bacteria colony". So now I have the image of a full bacteria ecosystem setting up shop in my water supply.
On the expert advice we commenced with the bleach and chlorine tablets. Two gallons of bleach and a bag of chlorine pellets. It is now three days later and our water supply is completely bacteria free. On the other hand, it still is very high in bleach and chlorine. We are using a little pool tester and the chlorine level is still too high to swim. I am pretty sure that is also too high to drink or bathe as well.
For the past three days we have been running the water in the bathtubs pretty much non-stop. On the bright side, I have washed all the sheets and towels and they are very clean.
