rachels.haven's Journal

[Margali]

That is the water that is coming into our house. Supposedly that has been filtered and UV sterilized. Our well is nasty. Filtration is insufficient or not working.

Plot twist, now we're all sick with surprise bathroom trips, despite not drinking it.

If the water has touched you, your dishes, your clothes AT ALL, you can be affected even without drinking it. Report this to the local health agency ASAP! Not disclosing contaminated water is a SERIOUS criminal offense.

Contact your relator friend and her attorney, ASAP!!!!

 

[Ridgetop]

ABSOLUTELY! If the well water is the only source for the house and not disclosed that it was bad, you have a huge lawsuit against the seller. You need to have your lawyer contact them and go back through your disclosure docs to see what they put in about the water. They had to have known it was bad.

If the water is bad, you run the risk of the health department making you move out and red tagging the house until you can prove that the water issue has been alleviated and tests clean.

 

[Mini Horses]

Anyone else on that Rd have these water issues? That didn't happen overnight unless a massive underground line break.

YES that water should have been disclosed!!!!

 

[SageHill]

If the water has touched you, your dishes, your clothes AT ALL, you can be affected even without drinking it. Report this to the local health agency ASAP! Not disclosing contaminated water is a SERIOUS criminal offense.

Contact your relator friend and her attorney, ASAP!!!!

That's exactly what I was about to say. Well said @Margali

from @Ridgetop :
If the water is bad, you run the risk of the health department making you move out and red tagging the house until you can prove that the water issue has been alleviated and tests clean.
....
that's definitely what would happen here in CA.

 

[rachels.haven]

Working on the real estate lawyer.
They gave us a dirty test, then a clean test but it wasn't recent.

I do not think MD is like CA on this. I think by disclosing they HAD a problem and what ever anemic, ill-suited remedy they applied they are doing just enough that they will not be able to be touched by the law. And I doubt anyone is going to come after us in the time between now and us fixing things.

We're just going to get an RO system and hope this doesn't mean our or someone nearby's septic isn't failing (ours was inspected, whatever that was worth)

 

[Margali]

I would get a full work up on the water done by someone local that your realtor contact / someone at church can vouch for. Knowing what kind of bugs cause issue will give clues towards cause. It will also give you data to ensure what system you install will get the job done without excessive spending. For a full house system Ultrafiltration + UV sterilization is almost certainly enough. Here is a decent article on what I mean.

A full house system will need 4,000 gallon per day (gpd) and peak flow of ~ 10gpm for an average family of 4. This brand we used at Roquette making water for lab to test syrup blends: RO 4,000gpd ~$10,000 vs Ultra + UV 20gpm ~$5,000.

 

[Margali]

@rachels.haven If it come up about having to move out until water is safe let me know. I can write you up a nice mitigation plan and disinfection plan. It CAN NOT be worse than proving to Iowa Dept of Health we've discovered bacteria source and disinfected our food production plant.

 

[rachels.haven]

I would get a full work up on the water done by someone local that your realtor contact / someone at church can vouch for. Knowing what kind of bugs cause issue will give clues towards cause. It will also give you data to ensure what system you install will get the job done without excessive spending. For a full house system Ultrafiltration + UV sterilization is almost certainly enough. Here is a decent article on what I mean.

A full house system will need 4,000 gallon per day (gpd) and peak flow of ~ 10gpm for an average family of 4. This brand we used at Roquette making water for lab to test syrup blends: RO 4,000gpd ~$10,000 vs Ultra + UV 20gpm ~$5,000.

My Dad still works in well water filtration in TN and he sent us a lab's info he recommends and we ordered the sample boxes today. I was going to wait until after the system was updated, but the timing should be right now with the reschedule.

That's a GOOD article. Thanks!

@rachels.haven If it come up about having to move out until water is safe let me know. I can write you up a nice mitigation plan and disinfection plan. It CAN NOT be worse than proving to Iowa Dept of Health we've discovered bacteria source and disinfected our food production plant.

THANK YOU!

 

[SageHill]

Definitely now, esp since you all are sick. Adds more to what the seller did not do or disclose.

 

[farmerjan]

Just to throw in the for your request for something good .... @rachels.haven .... had company come from Conn. to visit yesterday evening and this morning and then they left on a their way to Chincoteague to see the ponies and just enjoy the beach/water for a day.... so a great visit... THEN.....

DS went to the pasture this morning, got some bigger calves off the other group of cows...they were due to be weaned soon anyway.... because he finally decided we ought to ship a load of steers while prices are high; what with the drought designation and dry conditions... before it gets worse and more are shipping early... added a few of them to the ones we got back at the barn 2 weeks ago... and got REALLY REALLY GOOD prices today... avg weight was right around 480 lbs, over all 22 head... average price was over $1550 .... PER HEAD.... we got in the $320's, to 3.40 for the different ones...
So we had a very good day so good news on one front...