Brown Sludge Well Water - White Socks and Vitamin C is the answer!

[SMcCann]

Here it is! After sock filtering and Vitamin C.



In my original post, I forgot to explain what I learned from the forum about Iron, Chlorine and Vitamin C.

When we added the Chlorine to our Well Water, it caused the iron in our water to "rust" and the clumping chemicals turned it into a thick "rusty" brown sludge. The socks in combination with the Intex filter, filtered out the clumps. The remaining rusty tinge in the water after removal of clumps was eliminated by the addition of the Vitamin C to the water.

Here is an excerpt from the post where I first learned about using Vitamin C, I'll let him explain it to you:

"My wheels started turning back to General Chemistry. The shock obviously oxidized the iron, resulting in rust that turns the water brown. Oxidation reactions can be reversed by reducing the product formed using an acid. I went back to Wal-Mart to the vitamin aisle and bought Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) I sprinkled them around the pool and put about 10-15 tabs in the skimmer basket. In a matter of minutes the pool was clear!! I'm sure the next shock will re-oxidize the iron in the water, but I have plenty of vitamin C handy for a quick fix. I was so proud of myself for remembering something from Chemistry class. Though I'm sure that the sock method is the most effective by removing the rust and iron, it just takes so long. Also, the iron will be replaced in the pool when topping it off throughout the summer and more time will be wasted. The Vitamin C was relatively cheap compared to most of the chemical that the pool places will try to sell you. I think I paid $4.00 for a small bottle and used about 3/4 of the bottle."

I am so grateful to this poster.