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ilikevwdiesel (ME)
hello people. the water coming out of my dug well here in maine has a ph of around 5.5
i am wondering if anyone has heard of placing marble or calcite in the well to raise the ph. my house here is a mobile and i don't have much room for a neutralizer inside it.
thanks to all for looking.
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bernabeu (SC)
no can do
acid neutralizer (tank with marble or limestone chips) must be AFTER well
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ilikevwdiesel (ME)
hi thanks for your reply. i want to say i was talking about placing perhaps a mesh bag of calcite or marble in the well itself just letting it sit in the bottom of it. the well is concrete segments 3 ft wide and about 16ft deep. it has a deep well submersible pump mounted on a support sideways on the bottom. the water is usually from 3 to 6 ft deep depending on the amount of precipitation. hoping for a way to raise the ph in the well without using mechanical means.
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bernabeu (SC)
a neutralizing tank takes little room
one simply refills the 'chips' as they 'wear out'
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they take very little space
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