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Message started by Kev on Jan 4th, 2018 at 1:52pm

Title: Cisterna safety
Post by Kev on Jan 4th, 2018 at 1:52pm
Hi there,I have two cisterna's on my property,one is filled via rainwater and the other probably from delivery I would guess,the land and I'm guessing the cisterna's haven't been used for at least 5 years so how safe is the water to use?would it be better to pump them out,clean them and start again?or could I drop some chemicals in to make the water safe?? Just for washing etc obviously not drinking?
I'm in the UK untill March but will be looking to getting a shower up n running whilst there!!
Cheers Kev

Title: Re: Cisterna safety
Post by StoneMasonMike on Jan 4th, 2018 at 2:36pm
You'll be surprised how many dead rats snakes an every thing else you can imagine are at the bottom,best to pump out clean an mesh all holes,mike

Title: Re: Cisterna safety
Post by Kev on Jan 4th, 2018 at 2:42pm
Cheers Mike 👍

Title: Re: Cisterna safety
Post by PlanesPete on Jan 12th, 2018 at 3:33pm
Not a bad idea to put 5 litres of bleach into the water. The chlorine gasses off on in a few days.

Title: Re: Cisterna safety
Post by Kev on Jan 18th, 2018 at 6:34pm
Would the water be ok to pump on the land after that?

Title: Re: Cisterna safety
Post by PlanesPete on Jan 19th, 2018 at 10:36am
Yes, the chlorine disperses quite quickly just like from a swimming pool and is pretty dilute in the first place.

Title: Re: Cisterna safety
Post by Kev on Jan 20th, 2018 at 6:49pm
Ok thanks,any particular type of bleach?
Cheers

Title: Re: Cisterna safety
Post by PlanesPete on Jan 21st, 2018 at 2:05pm
Most bleach now is OK for drinking water treatment. It says so on the bottle, 'agua potable'.

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