Rusty water after chlorination...
We poured about 2 quarts of bleach diluted in about a 2 gal bucket down the well. We opened 4 faucets in the house for about 20 minutes. We went to the store, bought pool chlorine test strips. Tested the water...no chlorine was showing as present. Added 2 more quarts of bleach, followed by letting the water run from 2 faucets for about 20 minutes. We could smell the bleach and it tested as being present. We did not use well water the rest of the night. In the morning (about 9 hours after bleaching) I opened the faucets to start the dechlorination step. At that point the smell was pretty overwhelming...to the point where I opened the windows. After running the water in 3 faucets about 30 minutes, the water had a strong odor and was testing 'high' on the dip strips. We ran the water every 1 1/2 hour in 2 faucets for 15 minutes until early afternoon. Just to complicate the matter, our septic had been inspected the week before and we were told that our leaching fields were flooded. We were expecting the town and an excavating contractor to come out in two days so I was getting concerned about letting all this water go through our system. In the afternoon, we hooked up a garden hose and let the water run into the lake (about 100' away). We ran the garden hose 4 more times for about 30 minutes (spaced about 3 hours apart). The chlorine tested as clear, however I could still detect a 'bleachy' smell. The next morning I noticed the water wasn't clear. From then on it's been intermittent somewhat not clear to so brown you can't see through the water. Any thoughts?