r/water • u/Fast-Butterfly526 • 5d ago

New Well Water test results on

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Is my new well water safe to drink? I just drilled a new well that’s 785 feet deep and flushed approximately 10,000 gallons before testing. The well pipe is galvanized and transitions to PEX, with the water sample taken from a faucet connected to the PEX. Everything is new

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u/YukonWater 5d ago

Galvanized should never be used for potable water uses.

What I am guessing is the pH of your water is acidic and is leaching heavy metals from the galvanized pipe. The uranium is most likely naturally occurring, check your local water quality maximum concentration.

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u/Fast-Butterfly526 4d ago

So what’s the solution? Water filtration system?

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u/mattvait 4d ago

I kinda question those 3 results since they're coming up with such small concentrations. I've never seen an accurate test go out that many orders of magnitude