Considering my embracing natural filtration and the use of bacteria as foundational in establishing healthy, long term captive Eco systems, I wonder at the lack nutrients in my groundwater: Nitrate < 0.01 ppm, Nitrite < 0.1 ppm, Ortho Phosphate < 0.01 ppm, Total Phorsphorus < 0.01, Iron at 0.02 ppm, Manganese < 0.01 ppm.
When I first sent my well water to be analyzed, the Lower Colorado River Authority called me within a day and told me not to drink the water because of bacteria in my well. That is like saying, "Don't breath the air, it has microbes in it". Considering that I have been using this as my source of drinking water for more than 5 years, I was not swayed. I inquired which bacteria and received jibberish for an answer. It is difficult and costly to analyze specific bacteria. The water which I drink goes thru a very expensive RO/DI unit. Because of the volumes involved, I do not treat my other water. For similar reasons, I do not sterilize my water, but more to the point, I think that sterilization has been over used with some bad long term effects (subject matter for another discussion). When I shower, after the squicky clean feel of hot water and soap, comes the unmistakable aroma of H2S. As a deodorant, it does not make the grade. In discussing the aroma and the red stain on the sides of surfaces which receive irrigation, I received some insight on a Nitrate Factory thread on Nano Reef. A pHd Micro Biologist on that thread indicated that my agriculture lab results which showed iron bacteria in very small amounts required further investigation. My resources to fund that endeavor do not justify the economics to invest in the question. His statement that all bacteria require iron reinforced my dosing of iron, which was installed after ready articles written by Randy Holmes Farley on dosing iron for macro algae growth.
As one hypothesis on the low nutrients in my well water, bacteria imbedded in the initial limestone deposits have consumed nutrient levels and have self limited their populations. The idea that marine bacteria from an ancient ocean deposit in the Edwards Plateau limestone formation might exist in The Middle Trinity Aquifer intrigues me. Considering a Feldman research paper in which bacteria were introduced within the matrix of dehydrated Red Sea salt crystals, I continue to wonder at bacteria adaptability to survive.
Patrick
PS. I forgot to add Ward Lab bacteria results: Iron Related Bacteria at 500 CPU/ml. Not knowing much about bacteria measurement, Tibbsy informed me that it was a very, very low concentration.
When I first sent my well water to be analyzed, the Lower Colorado River Authority called me within a day and told me not to drink the water because of bacteria in my well. That is like saying, "Don't breath the air, it has microbes in it". Considering that I have been using this as my source of drinking water for more than 5 years, I was not swayed. I inquired which bacteria and received jibberish for an answer. It is difficult and costly to analyze specific bacteria. The water which I drink goes thru a very expensive RO/DI unit. Because of the volumes involved, I do not treat my other water. For similar reasons, I do not sterilize my water, but more to the point, I think that sterilization has been over used with some bad long term effects (subject matter for another discussion). When I shower, after the squicky clean feel of hot water and soap, comes the unmistakable aroma of H2S. As a deodorant, it does not make the grade. In discussing the aroma and the red stain on the sides of surfaces which receive irrigation, I received some insight on a Nitrate Factory thread on Nano Reef. A pHd Micro Biologist on that thread indicated that my agriculture lab results which showed iron bacteria in very small amounts required further investigation. My resources to fund that endeavor do not justify the economics to invest in the question. His statement that all bacteria require iron reinforced my dosing of iron, which was installed after ready articles written by Randy Holmes Farley on dosing iron for macro algae growth.
As one hypothesis on the low nutrients in my well water, bacteria imbedded in the initial limestone deposits have consumed nutrient levels and have self limited their populations. The idea that marine bacteria from an ancient ocean deposit in the Edwards Plateau limestone formation might exist in The Middle Trinity Aquifer intrigues me. Considering a Feldman research paper in which bacteria were introduced within the matrix of dehydrated Red Sea salt crystals, I continue to wonder at bacteria adaptability to survive.
Patrick
PS. I forgot to add Ward Lab bacteria results: Iron Related Bacteria at 500 CPU/ml. Not knowing much about bacteria measurement, Tibbsy informed me that it was a very, very low concentration.
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