How to disinfect your well water - Shock chlorination

Disinfecting your well water is very important for you to have clean drinking water. In this video, I show you how I disinfect my well. You need to have 200ppm of bleach to disinfect your well which equates to 3 pints per 100 gallons of water.

[oldtimer]

Got my water test results back today. Negative for e-coli but positive for coliform. We've had a ton of rain the last month. I'm surrounded by pasture land. Going to shock my well tomorrow just like you did. Many thanks.

[tuneshah]

This is an excellent video! It’s very thorough and easy to follow. I love how you are walking us through step by step.

[marieallen]

I'm in Florida and I have well water and I've been reading and studying and watching videos how to disinfect my well I called up a couple of well companies that specialize in well water and they want $300 to come out and disinfect my will... Well well I went to the grocery store I bought some Clarox went to the pool store And bought some shock I'm doing it myself.... After everything that I did and follow the instructions on the video my water is beautiful smells great looks great all is good I will be doing this once a year you bet you're sweet as I will you'll take care now and listen to this man he knows what hes talking about.. God-bless and happy drinking well water again

[brennaolson]

We have a well that feeds our spigots outside. Been dealing with a lot of iron bacteria sludge since our new pump was installed and this video has been tremendously helpful.

[edwardroberts]

We use to drill wells up here in ohio for 30 years. We use to use hth swing pool pills. We would drop 12 pills in well let sit for half hour. Then circulate water with garden hose in to well till you smell chlorine. Then go inside do something to every place you can get water. Let sit 24 hours. Run garden hose till you can't smell chlorine. Do same thing inside. If you want to help septic tank heat water to110 degrees take half cup of yeast add to hot water. Let set for 15 minutes then flush down toilet. Everything he said is true we did it a little different.

[MinistryOfMagic_DoM]

Interesting. I appreciate folks like you who make these videos. I had mine shocked just because we never knew when it was last done thanks to not being the original owner. Turns out our water was already fine (pulled a sample for testing pre-treatment), but I wanted to do it so we knew. I wasn't quite clear on how to flush it all out afterwards though.

[yudyli-uv]

Life saver, English isn’t my first language and I understood so “well”😊 ready to disinfect my water as a pro. Thanks for your time.

[peterbundarin]

Fantastic, factual presentation. Easy to follow. I have had wells and treated them myself for over 50 years. This is the most complete and factual presentation I have seen. Great job.

[iselmariaferrales]

Best video explanation I've seen on this. First time using well water and its been 5 months of combating the iron bacteria after a really bad Florida flood. This video saved our butt! Thank you

[BillMontana]

Thanks so much. Just got a new property and put in a well. Had it tested and it was contaminated. Now I can do the job myself.

[dominickdeflorio]

Just re-watching your video to refresh my mind for another treatment.
Again, thank you fellow Texan; you have done a great job explaining the procedure clearly. Well done.

[ironmanstan]

That was a great video. I have to do this to my well and now I am confident that I can do this correctly! Thank you!

[Jared_Albert]

very informative. I appreciate the measured pace of explanation. I don't process as quickly as I used to.

[alleng]

If you have PEX tubing for your water lines inside your house, turn off your water heater and let it cool before chlorinating your well. They say PEX tubing will last 50 years, but exposure to hot, heavily chlorinated water can damage the tubing and may significantly shorten the life of the tubing. I haven't experienced or seen this, just something I read about using PEX tubing.

[CraftyLucyYoder]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video! I’ve been dealing with sulfur for 5 years. I’m going to follow your instructions, which were very clear. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

[mlm]

Excellent video. More totally complete than I have seen it before. We have been doing ours for many years and are also on a septic system so that was good information others may not think of. Excellent! TY

[ytSuns]

Your presentation and procedure are exactly how it should be done. Really excellent video, excellent presentation. Refreshing to see an internet video with correct worthwhile information. I treated water for thirty years in that time I seen all kinds of wrong ways to treat water. Thanks!

[anakarenperla]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make such a detailed video, this really helps a lot! Many blessings 🙏🏽

[dlove]

Great video. I would recommend adding the water to the bucket before the bleach so if it splashes up it's diluted

[marcbaldus]

Thank you. I appreciate how thorough and articulate you are in this. Also many of the comments are helpful.