Hi!
As I last posted,I did get the foreclosed/winterized house shallow well jet pump working (numerous problems but mainly plugged nozzle).
I'd like to feel I can at least wash my hands & maybe dishes if I use soap & bleach water.?????????????
Due to lack of time because I am concentrating on getting my former house ready to be a rental, I am not spending any more time yet on this house I just moved into...I guess you could say I am morelike "camping out" in it.
I am still pail flushing the remaining toilet & have not even turned on about 1/2 of the fixtures. I do have cold water at kitchen sink. Have not even tried the water heater yet. (I shower at my Mom's or old house).
Question: What the odds that the 35' open casing well is UNSAFE for even washing hands & dishes?
Condition: Looks mainly clear w/ some rust that settles & visible black manganeisum (sp?). Is there a quick, easy test I can do to check. I am not expecting it to be potable yet.
I will not drink it til I later do a state lab test that verifies it is potable. But do you think I can at least wash my hands/dishes? It is getting to be a pain to drag my few dirty dishes around & wash hands from hose in backyard running from my Mom's.
You do what you gotta do! Good thing I live alone & don't have little kids running around. It is better accomodations than I had when I went to the Gulf Coast last Sept for Hurricane Katrina & Rita.
P.S. Speaking of disasters, for future reference, when is water so bad that one does not want to use it for washing in a disaster? I guess that would depend on disaster & what was in the envirnoment nearby.
Thanks for any info/advice.
Next will be some snaking of drains that have kicked my butt so far. The toilet works when I take the time to put the newly insulated tank out of the back of my truck & install it.
Bye
As I last posted,I did get the foreclosed/winterized house shallow well jet pump working (numerous problems but mainly plugged nozzle).
I'd like to feel I can at least wash my hands & maybe dishes if I use soap & bleach water.?????????????
Due to lack of time because I am concentrating on getting my former house ready to be a rental, I am not spending any more time yet on this house I just moved into...I guess you could say I am morelike "camping out" in it.
I am still pail flushing the remaining toilet & have not even turned on about 1/2 of the fixtures. I do have cold water at kitchen sink. Have not even tried the water heater yet. (I shower at my Mom's or old house).
Question: What the odds that the 35' open casing well is UNSAFE for even washing hands & dishes?
Condition: Looks mainly clear w/ some rust that settles & visible black manganeisum (sp?). Is there a quick, easy test I can do to check. I am not expecting it to be potable yet.
I will not drink it til I later do a state lab test that verifies it is potable. But do you think I can at least wash my hands/dishes? It is getting to be a pain to drag my few dirty dishes around & wash hands from hose in backyard running from my Mom's.
You do what you gotta do! Good thing I live alone & don't have little kids running around. It is better accomodations than I had when I went to the Gulf Coast last Sept for Hurricane Katrina & Rita.
P.S. Speaking of disasters, for future reference, when is water so bad that one does not want to use it for washing in a disaster? I guess that would depend on disaster & what was in the envirnoment nearby.
Thanks for any info/advice.
Next will be some snaking of drains that have kicked my butt so far. The toilet works when I take the time to put the newly insulated tank out of the back of my truck & install it.
Bye
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