Alan L.
Elite Member
After 7 years with no problems I believe we have iron bacteria in our well water. The water smells like a cross between diesel and sewer and there is a brown slime in the toilet tanks. This starters a few weeks ago, since some big floods we had a few months back. The water got to within 20 feet or so of the wellhead but not up to it.
Anyway, seems the control is to shock the well with chlorine. However the top of my well has a steel plate on it and the weight of the 399 feet of pipe and pump are on top of this plate. The plate has a hole in the top, but the hole is pretty much filled with the big wire that goes down to the pump.
Bottom line, there is nowhere to pour chlorine down the well.
I was thinking of rigging something whereby I could pick up the column of pipe and pump with the FEL on my tractor. Just need a few inches to expose the top opening of the well casing. Has anyone done this? There are 19 sections of 1.5" galvanized pipe, with the pump and pump motor on the end, plus the weight of the wire. The well is 500' feet deep but the pump is at 399'. My B2710 FEL is rated 850 pounds or so.
Anyway, seems the control is to shock the well with chlorine. However the top of my well has a steel plate on it and the weight of the 399 feet of pipe and pump are on top of this plate. The plate has a hole in the top, but the hole is pretty much filled with the big wire that goes down to the pump.
Bottom line, there is nowhere to pour chlorine down the well.
I was thinking of rigging something whereby I could pick up the column of pipe and pump with the FEL on my tractor. Just need a few inches to expose the top opening of the well casing. Has anyone done this? There are 19 sections of 1.5" galvanized pipe, with the pump and pump motor on the end, plus the weight of the wire. The well is 500' feet deep but the pump is at 399'. My B2710 FEL is rated 850 pounds or so.