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  • Drinking Water
    • What Should I Test For?
    • How to Take a Water Sample
    • Now What? Treatment Options
    • Interpreting Your Results
      • Reading Your Lab Report
      • EPA Primary and Secondary Drinking Water Standards
    • How to Shock Chlorinate Your Well
    • Drinking Water Resources
    • Units
  • Public Water Systems
    • Public Water Systems
    • Sample Acceptance Rules
  • Effluent, Wastewater, Stormwater, Landfills
    • Industrial Effluents
    • Municipal Wastewater
    • Landfill Monitoring
    • Stormwater
    • Sample Acceptance Rules
    • “Short Hold Time” Analyses at MEL
    • BOD Sampling, Delivery, and Shipping Notes
  • Solids
    • Sample Acceptance Rules
    • Solid Waste Characterization
      • Solid Waste Characterization
      • Disposal or Beneficial Use of Solid Waste
      • Wood Debris as Biomass Fuel
      • Dredge Spoils
    • Garden Soils
    • Misc. Materials
  • Beaches & Ponds
    • Ocean Water
    • Lakes, Ponds & Rivers
  • Legionella
  • PFAS

How to Shock Chlorinate Your Well

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Written Instructions

HANDY – Procedure for Shock Chlorination of Water Systems Using Bedrock Wells, State of Maine CDC, 2 pg. pdf (2017)

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From Montana State University:

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