Great video! This is something we have pondered as Plumbers for years. This has to be the most detailed calculation I've seen that actually makes sense without guessing, or estimating.

@RCworstwater

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian!

@brianwhaley3844

5 жыл бұрын

R.C. Worst & Co., Inc. Your welcome, this was something I was thinking of emailing you guys. It was like you read my mind. Keep the videos coming 👍🏻

Professor Chris does it again!

Nice job....thanks

Thank you

Well Done! Thanks for the effort and time👍

Subscribed. How do I ensure the inside of my water heater is disinfected too?

and how do this work with a flowing well?

Would this formula be good for calculating amount of chlorine to add to the water tank of a home humidifier to prevent mold?

Should I disinfect our cistern with the same formula every tine we have fresh water delivered?

Subscribed! Can you help me determine how much chlorine to regularly add to my cistern to keep that water safe to drink? Would I go with the 0.5 ppm number you gave in the video? Currently, my 1000 gal tank tops off when pumped down to the 500 gal level, I'd like to keep the tank water regularly treated at a low level of ppm. TIA.

Hey I bought a house and have no idea how deep. We won’t occupy the house for a week or 2. How much bleach do you recomend I put in? The well cap had been off for 4 months and I had the casing and cap repaired/replaced. I’m on a budget and just need to know how much to pour in. I just don’t wana get sick from contaminated water, nor do I want smelly gross water. You can’t use too much bleach can you, as long as I leave the water running for a day or 2??

In my house a big water tank We have store rain water and drink it whole year then what is best step for clean water?

How do I disinfect a jet pump well. With a 2” pipe?

Hi Chris, For me it would have been helpful if you did not use the number 100 by choice in more than one spot when demonstrating the formula. It would have helped if you did and additional example and put total gallons at 150 or 60, and the ppm at 50% to help us math dummy’s get it to sink in. I will continue to use your great videos as guides!

This was great. I am having a low yield issue with my well. I have have very hard water and suspecting there is buildup on the perforations. How much muriatic acid would you use or is there another method?

@sbond1963

4 жыл бұрын

This is great for maintenance but it will not be a solution for your problem. I had a problem with my well that it was almost completely clogged with iron and manganese. I fixed that problem with 50 lb pail nuwell 110 acid, 2 gallons of nuwell 310 bio. This was for a 6-inch well that was 150 ft with a static level around 40. So I estimated somewhere around 100 - 150 gallon. It's a two-day process. But it's been spectacular. I plan on doing it again and then trying the chlorine route as maintenance. The new nuwell products are not cheap. But you get what you pay for. The products also contain inhibitors a dye to monitor removal. And the products become neutralized after a period of time.

How do you use this formula to determine the amount of Well Safe tablets and pellets to use? I plugged in the chlorine percentage and get .2. But .2 of what? The full bottle?

The math comes out much easier if you understand that parts per million means 1 in 1,000,000. So 100 parts per 1,000,000 is 1 in 10,000. A 100 gallon well needs 0.01 gallons of chlorine. If your solution is 5%, then you need 0.01 gallons / 5% = 0.2 gallons of solution. Really simple, no formula to refer back to. The danger of relying on a formula without really understanding what's happening is that you could make a mistake with it and be way off, not even realize it.

Thank you for this video. Is the chlorine concentrate normally available from a water treatment service company?

@RCworstwater

3 жыл бұрын

I would say yes, if they sell to the public.

Currently, I am living in a Home RV. We need electricity so we can make a house. Though, it seems that we need a foundation and well pump done first, i have them both done, yesterday I went to go get my water well checked, and I was told I can shower but no drinking or washing dishes is available. My question is I put bleach into my well using your formula, then I would do a bypass of all the filters in the RV, but I'm about my grey 1 n grey 2 some reason they both fill up at the same time... Would bleach shocking my RV cause the bacteria to disappear or no? (Trying to live in the RV until electrical engineer comes install electrical for my needs to build a house on foundation...) Also how do I find the concentration is it on the back of the product?

@bobbycolin3285

3 жыл бұрын

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@remyraymond5730

3 жыл бұрын

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Can swimming pool chlorine be used in well? A lot cheaper than Clorox

Great explanation, however this formula only calculates the gallons of water in the well and ignores the gallons of water being stored in the house, i.e. pressure tank, hot water tank, etc. These need to be part of the disinfection process.

how about when I'm using chlorine with concentration 70%. can I use your formula to calculate?

@RCworstwater

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! it should word.

@josephlean

4 жыл бұрын

R.C. Worst & Co., Inc. your information are useful .. i also does plumbing works in singapore

I didn't really give thought to not getting chlorine in my septic tank. Any recommendations on how to flush the bath tub and toilet without it going into the septic tank?

@angielabelle3730

4 жыл бұрын

We were told to turn off our by pass to the house .

@sbond1963

4 жыл бұрын

You're not disinfecting if you bypass the house. The lines in the house are not enough to cause any problems. So what you need to do is get the chlorine thoroughly removed from the well before you start using the bathtub toilet in the house. That will dilute what's remaining in the house to the point where it won't bother anything. Remember to remove the screens in your faucets

@613Stuart

4 жыл бұрын

Once you can smell the chlorine in your house at the furthest tap you can then work backwards on all the cold taps until your nearest the main shut off. Let it sit for a few hours to make sure anything in those lines that came from the well gets treated. After the amount of time you need to shock has passed turn the main off and use an outside tap to drain as much water as you can from the system outside the septic system. This will usually back drain any water you have in your taps in higher areas if you open a tap on the top floor. Once it’s drained turn the outside tap off and open the main with that tap on the top floor still open to let air out.

@613Stuart

4 жыл бұрын

Bondo I use lake water inlet with a 5 micron and carbon, followed by UV. My most recent test showed 1ppm coliform and 0 E. coli after changing my filters and UV bulb. Do I need to get bleach through my hot water tank too? And if so, would that bleach damage my septic bacteria?

please can someone tell me how much chlorine do i need for 783 gallons of water, not for drinking

what is the problem caused if the chlorine is drained into the septic system?

@RCworstwater

3 жыл бұрын

It will kill the beneficial bacteria that break down waste. Bacteria in your septic tank need to thrive in order for the system to operate correctly.

My neighbor sold her home the water test failed for bacteria. The plumber shock the well & left quick! The neighbor asked me to come over because of no water pressure. She found out later that the electric well pump motor wires fried the pump! This makes me believe that the chlorine shock shorted the wires causing the pump to fail!!!! This was her second well pump replacement at a cost of $3000 !!!! Sad she already spent $40k for new septic & leach field. I guess we are on borrow time because our well pump is the original 50 years old.

@triptheroad

Жыл бұрын

She probably has an underlying issue with her plumbing or electrical if she has killed multiple pumps in short order. Our pump is the original from 1992

Today 1 /24/21. I totally SCREWED UP BIG TIME. poured way way to much Bleach Concentrate in my WELL WATER System. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?

@RCworstwater

3 жыл бұрын

Pump it out onto the ground

@rjazco51

3 жыл бұрын

@@RCworstwater Started to so that... I guess its going to take AWHILE .. I do have bottled water on hand to drink... Hopefully it will clean out... one Question on safe to drink... If I don't smell the Bleach any more THEN IS IT OK ? OR How to be sure it is Really Safe ? Any Tests out there for Bleach ?

@rjazco51

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for PANICING... time and running the water has And will help... At least I will have clean water again. (for a while)

@RCworstwater

3 жыл бұрын

The smell test is the first test it should pass, then taste test.

@srdoberman

3 жыл бұрын

you can also take water to swimming pool store they will test

Is this the same as shocking your system?

@RCworstwater

5 жыл бұрын

Yes

Where to buy chlorine for well?

@RCworstwater

3 жыл бұрын

Here: www.rcworst.com/Well-Safe-Sanitizer-Kit-p1647.html

How do you round UP? 150ft to 100ft??