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Waterville, Ohio

I was wondering if you folks had any insight on issues involving methane/natural gas in deep well water supplies. Without delving into the subject much, this is a recently purchased home.

I know breathers etc.. can be installed outside of the home near the well cap, but have 0 experience with anything involving this issue. Can this be a source of fuel for the home? What cost would be incurred to rid the problem from our primary water supply? Sunday, I'm having a plumber/well guy out that is a family friend, I'm just hoping someone out there may have had a similar experience. The safety aspect has me posting on general discussion as I'm hoping I can achieve a few more views.

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11/13/2017 9:27:47 PM

50 Acres

I worked in the gas distribution in CANADA> I know Natural gas has an ignition point of 4 to 14 %. Less than 4 not enough for ignition. More than 14 too much. Venting near the well may help.

11/13/2017 10:01:34 PM

Anamosa, IA BPIowegian@aol.com

That looks scary. I would be afraid of the water heater catching fire. And a vent letting it out might be a hazard too. We have trouble with lime iron, nitrates and sometimes radium in Iowa well water, but never natural gas. I hope you get it figured out.

11/14/2017 6:10:42 AM

Eddyz@efirehose.net

This is quite common out here, we have both sour and sweet gas issues here. Our well on our property is 287 ft deep, we have a 3000 gallon cistern beside the well. All gasses dissipate at it gets pumped into cistern. Along with the gas issues we have a crazy high iron content that we filter out in the house.

I am pretty sure your area is sweet gas. You need to do a continual test cycle to see if the levels are consistent and if they are you can then determine if you can supplement into your heating. We have people bout here that literally pay nothing for their heating.

11/14/2017 9:51:26 AM

Waterville, Ohio

Thank you guys. Eddy, maybe there's correlation between these issues and high iron. Ours is incredibly high also. I'll post this weekend when we find out more.

11/14/2017 9:48:20 PM