Distillation Of Well Water
Almost 98% of the water that we drink is ground water. Wells have been the most longstanding source of ground water supply. A number of water wells still exist in almost all countries. Well water is a good source of water when your municipal water supply lines fail. Well water however is not recommended to be consumed as it is. The National Ground Water Association has recommended regular quality checks on well water. It must be treated and distilled. This distilled water is fit for drinking.
Contaminants in well water are measured in the form of total dissolved solids or TDS. The degree of variance of TDS in well water can have damaging impact on the human body. The effect can range any where between a bad taste to rendering the water undrinkable.
A TDS level of above 1000mg/L will ruin the taste of well water, if the TDS level crosses the 2000mg/L, then well water tastes so bad that it cannot be drunk. In case, the level of TDS crosses 10,000mg/L, the well water is considered too contaminated to be drunk.
Here are some of the most common impurities found in well water which make it necessary that it must be properly filtered. 1. Manganese and Iron form the major contaminants found in well water. Both iron and manganese are naturally occurring contaminants of well water. They can ruin the taste of well water. If used to wash clothes, this kind of well water will not clean the clothes but it would also leave stains on them as well. Well water must be run through distillation process to separate iron and manganese from it. 2. Another big contaminant in well water is nitrogen. This nitrogen in well water is atmospheric nitrogen that has been absorbed by plants. The excess nitrogen which was not used by these plants is released into the soil. Excess nitrogen can be released by water distillers with an escape vent for volatile organic components. 3. Silica is another contaminant in well water. Apart from hindering the removal of iron and manganese from well water, it can also choke your water pipes if it gets accumulated in them. The process of making distilled water from well water removes silica as well. 4. Sulfur is another contaminant in well water. Sulfur occurs in two forms Sulphide and Sulphates. Sulphide is a contaminant that mostly occurs in well water which comes from the areas having oil gas and coal deposits. Sulphates come in the well water in which gypsum and anhydrite are dissolved. Keep in mind that almost all of these contaminants can be removed if distilled water is made from well water, using properly equipped water distillers. Once again, water distillers come to our rescue! So get yourself a water distiller and enjoy the experience to pure and healthy water.
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