| The well has always been a source of water supply | | | | dangerous to health. There are filters for iron, |
| for people but this fact does not eliminate concerns | | | | hydrogen sulfide and arsenic. These filters are |
| that people have about the problems associated with | | | | moderately effective when they have manganese |
| well water. Well water problems cannot be | | | | greensand. A highly effective filter is a carbon block |
| underestimated and being ignorant of them does not | | | | filter with KDF-55 |
| help either; because of potentially dangerous health | | | | Sediments and particles - these make the water out |
| problems associated with them. | | | | rightly unfit for use. Water with Sand particles or |
| The main well water problems have to do with the | | | | other sediments is hardly bearable because they can |
| dangerous contaminants that are found in it. As a | | | | wear out the life of some other filters used in the |
| matter of fact some of these problems are easy to | | | | house quickly. For example if you have a reverse |
| detect right on because it shows in the color and the | | | | osmosis system, it is better to always have a |
| odor of the water. Clean water is odorless and | | | | pre-sediment filter in addition to prolong the life of |
| colorless; if your well water has an odor and a | | | | the system. |
| strange appearance then it is not safe for use. | | | | Bacterial infestation - some wells are more |
| About 3 contaminants are responsible for the strange | | | | susceptible to bacterial infestation than others. In a |
| smell and color of well water. For the smell, hydrogen | | | | situation there is a bacterial problem, it is actually the |
| sulfide is usually responsible for the popular rotten | | | | easiest to deal with. Simple chlorination using a |
| egg smell. Sometimes well water can be brownish or | | | | chlorinator system is all that is required. Sometimes |
| yellow. The brownish color is as a result of presence | | | | on a larger scale a distiller is used. |
| of rust while the yellow color indicates the presence | | | | Some of these contaminants are not just unsafe if |
| of sulfur. All these impurities are dangerous and | | | | ingested but they can be dangerous in your showers |
| unhealthy. | | | | and bath too. Skin is a very good absorbent medium, |
| Presence of iron is another common well water | | | | especially the metallic ones: they are easily absorbed |
| problem. Iron is a metal just like lead that has a bad | | | | into the bloodstream through the skin. This shows |
| implication with accumulation in the body. It also | | | | that you must pay attention to water that runs from |
| affects water by giving it an after metallic taste | | | | all the faucets in your house through proper |
| when you drink it. Arsenic is a metal too used in the | | | | purification method. |
| pesticides and herbicides and just like iron it is | | | | |