Water Stewardship

Flood Preparation and Well Disinfection

Preparing your well for a potential flooding event helps to protect your water supply as well as others who use the same aquifer. This site includes three factsheets:

• "Water Wells - What to do before the flood" [pdf]
  Provides some practical advice on how to protect your well and water supply from being adversely impacted by a flooding event; and

• "When Standard Water Well Chlorination Procedures are Ineffective" [pdf]
  Provides a procedure to follow for wells that are difficult to disinfect - this procedure requires a registered well driller or pump installer to do the work.

• "Water Well Disinfection Using the Simple Chlorination Method" [pdf]
  This simple chlorination procedure provides well owners with a method to inactivate or control bacteria populations in a well and distribution system.