Encyclopedia of Science

Shallow wells can be very dangerous from surface contamination. If you do not have an impervious layer of soil on top of your water strata, you are essentially making a tea out of animal feces and al ...

It's commonplace to dump a few gallons of bleach down the hole after drilling. I'd run the water for several hours from an outside hose. The bleach is used because all the drill pipe, the casing and a ...