Purification of water from a well

It is impossible to imagine a dacha or grandmother's old house, near which there would not be a well with water. The water in the well, in theory, should be clean, without any impurities, but in fact this is far from the case. Unfortunately, any water has its drawbacks. But it can be cleaned, the main thing is to know the answer to the question of how the water is purified from the well, and everything will be fine.

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Reasons for water to become turbid

In order to understand the factors that affect water quality, first of all, you should carefully inspect the well itself. Probable Causes:

1. Depressurization of well rings in connection points, therefore ground elements, as well as thawed waters, were openly accessed inside the well pit.
2. In case the site has already been purchased with an existing well, the reason may be that it was erected or exploited. For example, if the well was built on floating soils - the water-dissolved sand under pressure can penetrate into the shaft of the well, thereby making the water cloudy.

In addition, turbidity in the water appears and as a result of such factors:

• on the walls of the well, the process of accumulation of calcareous layers and other particles occurs;
• technical factors, namely: the appearance of cracks inside the concrete rings or their displacement;
• if a small animal or bird has entered the well shaft, water can not only become contaminated, but become completely unusable;
• a rare use of the contents of the well leads to stagnation, turbidity, as well as water damping;
• meltwater inside the well can penetrate due to the destruction of the clay castle or its complete absence;
• is also the cause of water siltation is the wrong location of the pump, which during operation raises all the dirt from the bottom, thereby worsening the water performance.

Once you have clarified the reason, it becomes clear what kind of water purification from the well will work in your case.

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Stepwise water purification from the well

If the water not only became cloudy, but also acquired an uncharacteristic taste and smell - you should take it to the laboratory for verification. Iron compounds, small elements of sand, soil, hydrogen sulphide, clays, isotopes of heavy metals, as well as various colonies of bacteria - all this was an incomplete list of what can be discovered by specialists.

Basic cleaning steps:

1. In order to clean the water, you have to tidy up the entire surface of the walls and bottom of the well itself. That's why in the first stage you have to pump out all the water.
2. Next, inspect all surfaces, at the same time determine the complexity of the contamination.
3. Carry out mechanical cleaning of the walls from silt, dirt and plaque, using scrapers or sponges.
4. Clean the bottom layer of rubble and remove to replace it fresh.
5. At the final stage, install the required filter to clean the water from the well.

How and from what to clean water?

1. Owners of wells often have to clean up from iron. This cleaning is carried out in several ways with the help of reagent and nonreagent filters.

Important! If the concentration of iron in water is more than 1 mg / l, you will feel a characteristic taste, and during the washing there are characteristic traces on the laundry. Also on the surface of the walls of the well you can see spots of brown shade.

1. To clean the water from the well from the clay deposits, you can use a mechanical cleaning filter. Thus, the mesh plastic filter accumulates small dissolved clay elements at the bottom of the filter.
2. Use replaceable cartridge filters, as well as the most productive - pressure devices. Thanks to them, it is possible to clean water from the well from various organic additives.

Important! Coal in filter cartridges is made most often from the skin of coconuts - it is more effective than birch.

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How to disinfect water?

In case laboratory tests state that water is not allowed to use water without additional disinfection, then you are obliged to conduct a number of special measures:

1. First you will have to perform mechanical cleaning with subsequent disinfection of surfaces.
2. Then, several times in a row, disinfect water.

Chlorinated disinfection

Disinfection of well surfaces:

1. After complete mechanical cleaning of the well, apply a special disinfectant solution to the walls and roof surfaces.
2. Prepare this solution in a clean container, which is closed with a lid - pour 20 mg of lime 1 liter of water. The lid must be there to prevent the evaporation of chlorine. When the prepared composition is settled, drain the solution into a different container, removing the sediment.
3. Apply bleach solution with a sprinkler or brush.

Important! The solution is applied to the surface up to 3 times, taking breaks in a few hours.

1. Water, which is recruited into the treated well, also disinfect. To do this, prepare a special solution - 100-150 g of chloride lime, dissolve in 1 m3.
2. This solution you should pour into the well, then thoroughly mix it with a long pole.
3. Evenly distribute the solution in the liquid can and with a bucket. After pouring the solution into water, fill it with a bucket and pour it back sharply. Do this several times for 10 minutes.

Important! When carrying out measures to handle a well, you should not use water in any case - not boiled or raw. This is extremely dangerous for your health.

1. After all the procedures, close the well on the top for 6 hours, so that the water is settled, while the chlorine does not evaporate.
2. After a period of time, the characteristic aroma of chlorine should disappear, if this happens, make fresh chlorine lime, which will be ¼ of the original volume and pour in the water for another 4 hours.

Important! Having finished the process of water disinfection, it is selected until the smell of the reagent disappears. Only then it can be used to prepare food or simply drink, provided a thorough boiling for another 1 week.

Safety precautions when working with bleach:

• In order not to inhale the evaporation of toxic chlorine, use a respirator or a gas mask.
• Rubber boots, uniforms and gloves protect the skin from getting chlorine solution on the skin, thereby preventing chemical burns.
• You can protect your eyes with welding glasses.

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Filters for water purification from well

There is a rather large number of varieties of filters. Differing among themselves, modifications, properties and appearance, they are all designed to make water from the well suitable for drinking.

The main thing - among a large number to choose one that will help solve the problem of a particular well.

Important! Filter narrow-profile at a cost is slightly cheaper than complex. Therefore, if you have the results of water analysis from a well, you can select a specific filter, thereby saving a few.

Types and purposes of

It is customary to distinguish water filters by their method of water purification from a well. There are several types:

• Mechanical cleaning. Thanks to the work of such filters, soil, sand, rust and clay particles are eliminated.
• Antibacterial. The effect of these filters is aimed at neutralizing the organic matter.
• Absorbing odors and various impurities. With their help, foreign flavors and flavors can be eliminated from the water.
• Filters for water purification from the well, which can make water softer due to ion exchange technology. Such devices purify the water of all salts that, when boiled, settle on the walls of dishes, household appliances
• Eliminate the iron directly from the liquid by means of oxidative reactions.
• The most expensive and effective filters are complex. These filters are able to remove all existing drawbacks of water from the well, from transparency and color, to compliance with all sanitary standards.

Selecting the

Selecting the suitable device from the proposed ones is not easy, even if you have the results of water analysis on hand and you know what kind of filter you need. The choice of the filter is influenced not only by the cost, reputation of the manufacturer, but also by other factors.

For example:

1. Is it worthwhile installing a sufficiently expensive continuous filter in the well on the site, if you appear there 1-2 times a month? If you have to drink water from a well, and there is no other source on your site, you can take care to filter it in another way - a filter-jug. Litrazh of this device will allow you not only to prepare drinking water for the family, it will allow you to cook food on it.

Important! Such a filter is incredibly convenient, but if there are nitrates or harmful bacteria in the water, it will not guarantee you a quality result.

1. If the water is very dirty, it is better to choose another cleaning method. You can use a flow-through filter that will cope with the purification of water from a variety of bacteria, unpleasant odors and organic fertilizer residues.

Given the modern range of water purifiers, you can endlessly talk about the advantages and disadvantages of each. And if it's much easier to choose an appropriate variant for an apartment, it will work in a 24-hour stationary mode, but when choosing a method for cleaning water from a well, take into account all practical nuances. Otherwise, you will get clean water, but the costs will be impractical.