Algae in hose

westend wrote:

down home wrote:
The problem with wells is sediment. Every time it rains stuff filters down from the surface. Some places it is better like at the foot of mountains where there are sinks on top lots of leaf litter and lots of sand stone and limestone and so forth.

You must have a shallow well or a cracked casing if you're seeing anything in the water after a rainfall. Mine is 260' deep and it takes a long time before surface water gets to those depths.

We had a water column starting at about 50 ft all the way down to 200 ft.
anytime you have a lot of rain in mountainous areas you may see a rise in water in wells which are essentially underground springs that discharge finally at some pint or continue on and merge with other water flows underground. Look at any of the springs around. when it rains they flow more water. We get some real toad stranglers in this part of the Country. This is one reason it is important to protect sinks and small streams on our mountains but Developers could care less and damage or destroy a lot of People's water supply. This area is full of caves carved by underground water. I didn't chart any graphs but we did get some more sediment, which was still very little during rainy periods. Our well was cased very well and stopped at rock. It never ran dry. I watered our grass when it was dry incessantly.

We only use our on board water tank. We add on tsp of bleach per 10 gal, just what our owners manual calls for. We add water via the big opening, never use the city water connection. Easy to do, never had an algae problem.

We did "shock" our home well shortly after it was drilled down 183 ft. Never have had an algae problem since.

i use a few flakes of pool chlorine on the outside of my house filter element, when i replace the filter. i also put a few flakes in my hose before connecting to a new water source after flushing the faucet and hose.. i usually keep a half tank of fresh water in the r.v. and yep a few flakes go in before the water… never have had any issues with algae….

down home wrote:
The problem with wells is sediment. Every time it rains stuff filters down from the surface. Some places it is better like at the foot of mountains where there are sinks on top lots of leaf litter and lots of sand stone and limestone and so forth.

You must have a shallow well or a cracked casing if you're seeing anything in the water after a rainfall. Mine is 260' deep and it takes a long time before surface water gets to those depths.

The problem with wells is sediment. Every time it rains stuff filters down from the surface. Some places it is better like at the foot of mountains where there are sinks on top lots of leaf litter and lots of sand stone and limestone and so forth.
Our water tasted great but had some sediment and lime. Mama's former neighbors had us bring well waater every time we went to Mom and Dad's.
However if water from the well was in the hose the sun and the sediment got together and we had algae coat the walls of the hose. We had a one inch fire hose that was orange. I had a 10 hp three stage pump and big tank and ran 90lbs pressure great volume and pressure.
Installed the Westinghouse 10 inch filter and it cleared up the problems of sediment and some lime. Some lime is larger flakes, in suspension but aa whole lot can be in solution. We still ended up having to replace lower water heater elements often. But the showers and sink and sprayer and everything else did not have lime scale. they make 20 inch cannister which is simply the ten inch stretched. Have to buy them on line apparently. They have a ceramic with carbon block and silver, in filter but it is expensive, on line. Silver is important as it kills bacteria. The filter has a 1 micron absolute capability. I don't remember flow rates which is important but considerin two ten inc cannisters on this house or a twenty inch if I can find filters conveniently. i tried to change our fiter every month but it didn't make much change in pressure if I left it 2 months or 3. we have city water now and it is terrible. The water in the jacuzzi looks blue after just a few inches. I'm not sure what all is in it except for chlorine.

Daytona,
I had a bad problem with mine that I had wrapped in insulation as you did. When i finally pulled the inslation off the hose was covered in NASTY mold and stuff. Not sure why, but replaced hose and no more problem.

When hooking up at any park we always spray the water hydrant and spray a few shots in our hose. We also spray a few shots in the other end of the hose before the filters. Only once did we have any algae and the was one of those screen washers in a "y" connections. About every 3-4 months I put some bleach in all our hoses and slosh it back and forth a few times. Then rum water through it to take out the bleach taste. We are full timers and our hoses are used almost every day. About one a year we replace our hoses.

Has anyone ever pulled the cap of their well and taken a look? Algae abounds!

We have had this only once and it was also at a place where the water pressure dropped down to 20 psi periodically throughout the day. If you are using any type of water filter, open that up and take a look. Ours was disgusting. Throw the filter away - bleach the inside of the filter canister and install a new filter. Then sanitize all of your incoming lines with bleach ( pour some inside the hose then turn faucets on until bleach water mixture comes thru. Do not run this thru the filter. Let sit for a few hours in the hose, lines and faucets. Then reconnect the filter, water and run water until no longer smells of bleach - don't forget - resanatize your fresh water tank too. We did all this and it's been 3 mo now and no further problem. P.S. - we drained our water heater also, but did not put bleach thru that.

Vinyl etc have pores. If you have algae in them get new ones. Bleach will surpress it but it will come back.
You need a filter from the faucet to RV. A 10 inch whole house canister will handle a seemingly infinite number and kinds of filter cartridges including ceramic and carbon bloc seperate or as one.. You can get hose adapters at Lowes. The one or two from CW and others may handle the common ten inch filter too but I haven't checked. The one CW sells with a blue cartridge will do fine.
Sounds like you have well water. We put a Westinghouse whole house filter, in the well house. GE and others work just as well. The GE has aa remote alert to when it needs changing.