Comments on: What maintenance should be done to a private well that supplies outdoor water only? Location near Milwaukee,WI? http://www.diyyourhouse.com/what-maintenance-should-be-done-to-a-private-well-that-supplies-outdoor-water-only-location-near-milwaukeewi/ We Are All About Home Improvement Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:48:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: What maintenance should be done to a private well that supplies … | H2O Report http://www.diyyourhouse.com/what-maintenance-should-be-done-to-a-private-well-that-supplies-outdoor-water-only-location-near-milwaukeewi/comment-page-1/#comment-17425 What maintenance should be done to a private well that supplies … | H2O Report Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:08:33 +0000 http://www.diyyourhouse.com/?p=5060#comment-17425 [...] more from the original source: What maintenance should be done to a private well that supplies … a-cold-climate, a-private-well, a-rather-bitter, a-self-designed, about-us-, contact-us, [...] [...] more from the original source: What maintenance should be done to a private well that supplies … a-cold-climate, a-private-well, a-rather-bitter, a-self-designed, about-us-, contact-us, [...]

]]> By: Wisdom of Age http://www.diyyourhouse.com/what-maintenance-should-be-done-to-a-private-well-that-supplies-outdoor-water-only-location-near-milwaukeewi/comment-page-1/#comment-17413 Wisdom of Age Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:50:07 +0000 http://www.diyyourhouse.com/?p=5060#comment-17413 If you are certain no one will be drinking the water probably nothing. You can have it tested and you are probably going to find out it is fine although companies will want to sell you a water treatment system. You can also add clorox to the well to kill bacteria but you should know the gals of water in your well before you do this. (Volume of a cylinder provided you know the depth and diameter of your water.) We have been on well water in Virginia for over 30 years and treat it with soda ash to reduce the acidity. It softens it quite a bit and takes away a rather bitter taste. It is a self designed and installed system and no one has gotten ill from our water. Chances are unless you have reason to suspect contamination, you don't need to do any maintenance. Just run the pump once in a while to keep water in the lines and have it reasonably fresh whenever you use it. If you are certain no one will be drinking the water probably nothing. You can have it tested and you are probably going to find out it is fine although companies will want to sell you a water treatment system. You can also add clorox to the well to kill bacteria but you should know the gals of water in your well before you do this. (Volume of a cylinder provided you know the depth and diameter of your water.)

We have been on well water in Virginia for over 30 years and treat it with soda ash to reduce the acidity. It softens it quite a bit and takes away a rather bitter taste. It is a self designed and installed system and no one has gotten ill from our water. Chances are unless you have reason to suspect contamination, you don’t need to do any maintenance. Just run the pump once in a while to keep water in the lines and have it reasonably fresh whenever you use it.

]]> By: fluffernut http://www.diyyourhouse.com/what-maintenance-should-be-done-to-a-private-well-that-supplies-outdoor-water-only-location-near-milwaukeewi/comment-page-1/#comment-17414 fluffernut Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:50:07 +0000 http://www.diyyourhouse.com/?p=5060#comment-17414 Huh? Our "outdoor" well sits at the end of where the drain field once was, so of course the water is strictly "outside use." We don't do anything other than call the pump repairman when the pump has problems, every few years. The pump is 30 years old and is the same pump...OK, rebuilt once. You are in a cold climate, so of course you need to "drain the pump" as frost/freeze time approaches. Have you found the drain valve...ours is a little petcock. We open it and then open a valve to break the suction. Water drains out of the pump (obviously not a submersible pump). We don't wrap anything but then it doesn't get as cold here as Milwaukee. You might want to call a pump company and ask how to winterize your pumps there. Huh? Our "outdoor" well sits at the end of where the drain field once was, so of course the water is strictly "outside use." We don’t do anything other than call the pump repairman when the pump has problems, every few years. The pump is 30 years old and is the same pump…OK, rebuilt once.

You are in a cold climate, so of course you need to "drain the pump" as frost/freeze time approaches. Have you found the drain valve…ours is a little petcock. We open it and then open a valve to break the suction. Water drains out of the pump (obviously not a submersible pump). We don’t wrap anything but then it doesn’t get as cold here as Milwaukee. You might want to call a pump company and ask how to winterize your pumps there.

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