Flush the system especially if the water from the well is cloudy.
Bleaching well system.
Turn the electric power to the well system back on.
You will introduce the chlorine there.
If the well is no more than 50 feet deep use 1 quart of bleach.
Pour the bleach into your well or through the vent pipe.
If you do not have a well cap you probably have a well seal that has a vent pipe.
Turn on the outside garden hose and stick it back into the well and leave it running.
Add bleach to the well.
If you have chlorine pellets that you have purchased from us drop in twenty five to thirty pellets in addition to the bleach.
Shut off the well power supply drain the water heater and empty any other tanks connected to the well.
Pour in 1 gallon of regular household chlorine bleach down the well shaft.
A chlorine test kit can be used to precisely measure chlorine levels in the water rather than relying on scent alone.
If that cloudiness in the water is tds or total dissolved solids it will absorb the sodium hypochlorite used in the bleach and weaken it you don t want to do this every 6 months so get a complete kill.
Turn off the well system.
If the well is deeper increase the amount of bleach by 1 2 quart for every additional 50.