City Farmer
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- Joined
- Jan 3, 2013
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- 527
- Location
- Chesterfield, Mi
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- Ford 3000, 4400 & 4500TLB Case 830 Case 350 dozer
Hi All.
I’m in a bad spot right now. We bought a new house and the well is acting up. I have fine black dirt entering the water. The fines are settling in the pressure tank and when I turn the water on, it comes out black for 5-8 seconds and clears up.
The local well driller has bumped his head. He could be the best well driller in the state but I’m not paying anyone $7500 to drill a 6” hole, 37’ deep, five feet away from the other well and walk away.
The well log says the current well was drilled in 1971, is 37’ deep and has a 6 casing. I’ve run the pump wide open and it will fill a 5gal. bucket in 25seconds. I let the pump run for 6 hrs straight and never ran out of water. It clears up for a day but the problem keeps coming back.
I’ve never dealt with well water before this house. I was thinking about blowing the out the well and relining the 6 pipe with 4-5” pvc. Is that an option? Do I have to do anything with the well point at the bottom of the 6 pipe?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Andy.
I’m in a bad spot right now. We bought a new house and the well is acting up. I have fine black dirt entering the water. The fines are settling in the pressure tank and when I turn the water on, it comes out black for 5-8 seconds and clears up.
The local well driller has bumped his head. He could be the best well driller in the state but I’m not paying anyone $7500 to drill a 6” hole, 37’ deep, five feet away from the other well and walk away.
The well log says the current well was drilled in 1971, is 37’ deep and has a 6 casing. I’ve run the pump wide open and it will fill a 5gal. bucket in 25seconds. I let the pump run for 6 hrs straight and never ran out of water. It clears up for a day but the problem keeps coming back.
I’ve never dealt with well water before this house. I was thinking about blowing the out the well and relining the 6 pipe with 4-5” pvc. Is that an option? Do I have to do anything with the well point at the bottom of the 6 pipe?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks, Andy.