As a rule, country houses are not drilled very deep wells, their depth of 30-50 meters. Located at this depth the aquifers are poorly protected from chemical or microbial contaminants, and therefore water quality is often not the best.

Do I have to boil water from the well



Commercially available modern filters that the owners of wells used for water purification, are not always able to fully cope with the cleaning so that chemical and microbiological parameters of the liquid was normal. Water with such quality is quite suitable for the needs of technical, but to use it for household purposes is not always possible.

To know for sure the suitability of the water in the well for drinking, bring it to chemical analysis. It is possible that the results of the analysis of your water will be perfect and suitable for drinking is not boiled. Most of the people taking water from a well, consider still that before use it is better to boil – in spite of the absence of harmful elements and external purity. The naked eye cannot see whether the water of pathogenic organisms, from which often you can get rid of the usual boiling.

Is it possible in home conditions to find out the water quality



If for some reason shipping to the laboratory water sample is not possible, try to boil water several times. The reflux itself can cause a lot of processes, clearly giving an idea about the quality of water. For example, when high hardness cobatillas water left in the utensil plaque and flakes of lime.

Try to pour the liquid into a small clear container and remove for a few days in a shady place. After a couple of days to test the water. If the surface was formed an oily film with color shades, such raw water is absolutely impossible to use.

Drop into the water a few crystals of potassium permanganate. Good water will acquire a pinkish color, poor quality will pobeleet.

And so it may be that the water from the well on your lot to drink completely unusable. In this case, water is better to bring from a more appropriate source, and if possible, to connect to the centralized water supply. For example, if we are talking about country co-op, try to find a way to drill a well with sufficient depth. Compliance with sanitary standards will create a reliable source of water suitable for use for domestic purposes water.