Hydrotesting
Hydrotesting
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Does anyone have any experience hydrotesting with well water? Our well water is hard (252 mg/L CaCO3) and the iron content is 0.26 mg/L, just a tad below the EPA's Secondary Maximum Contaminant Level limit of 0.3 mg/L. Code calls for the use of potable water which by definition is suitable to drink and we don't drink our well water, is this anything we should be concerned about?
Thanks in advance,
- David
Thanks in advance,
- David





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It doesn't normally imply you need to use it as drinking water, only that it wouldn't be harmful if you did. In this respect it is more about the bugs and bactria which could exist which then could create pockets of MIC or SRBs leading to intenses corrosion in low spots.
Get a full chemical and biological test done on your well water and submt it for use. I agree with the chlorides bit, but as you're not boilin g it or otherwise getting these dissolved eleements to participate, I can't see the issue.
add some biocide, chlorine or run it through a UV filter to get rid of any bugs and you should be fine. Using filtered treated ground water is common place, especially for carbon steel pipelines.
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