I have just found out there’s ecoli in my well water at the place we just moved to and am hearing I need 165 to kill ecoli but my dishwasher says it only heats to 155 but claims this meets the standard for safe drinking water.
Confused about whether or not it’s safe to use the dishes coming out of my dishwasher till the well manager can come up with a method to treat the water or something.
I can’t even imagine how I would boil the water I use to run through the dishwasher or clean my dishes with boiling water by hand sounds super fun.
Is it safe to use the dishwasher?
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Where I live if there is E Coli or any bacterial growth that is not within health department guidelines, the first remedy is to pour a gallon of bleach down the well, run your water to every spigot, dishwasher, wash machine, toilet, hose, everything, until you smell bleach. Then you run a hose out to the well casing and run the bleachy well water (basically recirculate) down the well to clean the sides of the casing for about 20 minutes. Then you let i all set for 24 to 48 hours. You then run your water, wash cars, water the lawn or just let it run out the hose into the yard for at least 6 hours. Then when there is absolutely no trace of bleach smell left, you send off a new sample for testing. It usually works the first time as long as you are sure you run the water to every spigot everywhere in your home.
Have you tried this?
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