Originally Posted by dnj51

I must be missing something.

We have well water that comes from Cow Creek aquifer. How would putting a cup of bleach down a pipe into your "well" achieve anything. Wouldn't the bleach go/dissipate into the entire aquifer?

If you have no choice (no city/county/public water system avail) why not just get a water softening system? But I know they can be expensive.

Honestly, if I knew someone was contaminating the aquifer we get our water from by putting bleach in it, I would be really miffed.

We live in South Central Texas and the recharge zone for our aquifer is dense sand/limestone. If it rains, you will not see an increase in the water table for a week because it takes so long for the water to make it's way down - this means the water is "filtered" naturally very well.

We have very hard water, but I've learned to live with it, and we have a Pur faucet filter we use.