I have a high concentration of sulphur reducing bacteria and iron reducing bacteria in my well. I used a bottle of javex to shock it last time and it didnt' do much for the smell. Can I shock a well with chlorine instead ? Would that work better at killing the bacteria ? Is chlorine much stronger then javex ? Thanks.
I don't know much about it, except that you want to keep bleach away from your pump.
You will get used to the smell. Well, I did; my wife still hasn't.
I don't know anything about wells but I know this about chlorine: Bleach is sodium hypochlorite, regular household bleach is around 5.25% available chlorine, the stuff you get at the pool store is the same ingredient but stronger at maybe 10 to 12% available chlorine. Calcium hypochlorite from the pool store is about 65% to 75% available chlorine per weight, lithium hypo is about 35%, and those chlorine pucks, aka trichlor, are 45.76% available chlorine per weight (yes the label says
90% but). The stabilized granular chorine, aka dichlor, is 32.24% available chlorine per weight (yes the label says 64% but.)Sorry I can't help you with your well, though.
Isn't the normal solution to that problem putting in a iron-removal reverse osmosis system? Shocking a well is for dealing with contaminants, not something that likely inhabits the entire aquifer.
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