arsnic in well water

[davey cricket]

Originally Posted by forest beekeeper

Run the water till no more comes out?

How do you do that?

I have a one and one-half inch pipe coming from our well. I let it run for 3 days continously once. [an attempt to flush the silt out]

How do you run it till no more comes out?

run it direct from case and not your head your pump should put out enough to run it out in a hour or so ...it cant be a shallow well pump with 11/4 pipe submersible 3/4 horse or more take the head pressur off and run err!

[Submariner]

Originally Posted by davey cricket

run it direct from case and not your head your pump should put out enough to run it out in a hour or so ...it cant be a shallow well pump with 11/4 pipe submersible 3/4 horse or more take the head pressur off and run err!

The well casing is approx 8inch, the pump is submersible at the end of a plastic pipe. Sticking out from the casing is the plastic pipe and the romex.

I let it run 24hours a day to 'flush' it before I hooked up the manifold with pressure switch and bladder-tank

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[zwoman2u]

Originally Posted by flycessna

Hey, my folks were purchasing a home here in Maine and the well water test came back "unsuitable for drinking". The radon level was high but it was the arsnic level of 7 times the alowable amount that hurt the rating and have completley freaked my folks out who are now considering walking away from the contract.

Anyone have experience with arsnic filters or just high readings? Can the heavy rains mess with the well water tests. This house is located on once farm land and the well is over 300 feet drilled.

did you know arsenic occurs naturally in fairly high levels where there is granite? it leaches out of the granite over time.
zwoman2u

[mercury 1937]

I found oyt my well water is 32 pbb, and the acceptable level is 10 ppb here in Mass. I have my house up for sale and intend to put in a filtration system that will solve the problem(hopefully). I am now concerned that potential home buyers will not go near a hose with arsenic, even if it is safe because of the installed measures.

[WhoFanMe]

They might, but it depends upon the solution you employ. Some people only fix the kitchen sink and/or ice maker to save money, but leave the baths (where a child might get water during the night) untreated which might turn off some buyers. On the other hand a whole house system uses quite a bit of electricity and may be overkill for some buyers. What does your agent say is customary for your area?

[elston]

When I was looking.....a property I was interested in (Casco Maine)...had arsnic and had installed filtration etc.....I was still scared and didnt look any further. I was afraid the system might malfunction and I wouldnt know it.

I know I was being over cautious but it did scare me away.

[WhoFanMe]

That's not an uncommon concern elston, unfortunately most people only test their water and air (radon) when buying/selling a home. I always tell my buyers that wells are maintenance items and must be monitored just like a heating system. I have had many buyers who will only search for homes with public water and/or sewer. I have a new buyer who will only buy a house with natural gas (at the street) heat and I'm having a hard time finding anything close to what he is looking for. I've had other buyers refuse to buy a house with gas because of fear of explosion.