Any well experts here?

[Cord]

Is this well into a gravel aquifer , in sand or drilled into the bed rock?

It's into gravel. This well does not have a screen and pulls directly from the gravel bed. I've called two dozen drillers and nobody wants to save the well. Reasons vary from the casing being an oddball 7" size, to the casing being cracked and they'll jam the drill string. Everybody wants to drill new. Talked to a cable tool guy and he thought that if he tried to set the casing deeper that he'd probably break it. We also talked about trying redevelope the well, but he was concerned this would choke the well off. For now I'm filtering the water and its working, but this feels more like a crutch than a permanent fix.

 

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-When my well was drilled, it was 200ft deep and had 20gpm of flow. Static level was 35ft from the top of well. Over the years, the water level got lower until static level was 75ft from top. Lot of wells been drilled in my area over the years and the water table is lower than it used to be. I started having mud and silt filling my well, so much so that the pump was actually encased in mud and burnt out. after raising the pump level a few times, I started running out of water. My fix was I brought in a well driller and he setup on my old well. He dropped in his drilling rods and blowed the well clean using air. I decided since he was already set up, to drill the well another 100ft deeper, so now I have a 300ft well. I dropped the pump to 200ft, which leaves 100ft of well for any sediment. They disinfected my well to kill off any bacteria and I havent ran out of water since. Total cost was $500. I already had a whole house filter and I have noticed I havent had to replace the filter as often as before. As a side note, the county I live in charges $500 for a well permit and $250 for a repair permit. I did a end around with the well company and didnt pay those stupid fee's. Just be aware that not all well drillers will work with you when it comes to county permits and not all counties charge ridiculous fees. How things work in your area could be very different than my area.

Wow, what a story! I have several questions. First why did the driller drill so deep if you were getting such huge flow out of it? My last well driller quit after 45 feet because he was getting more than 15 gallons per minute. And how did you get mud when your hole was solid rock? I have another 400 foot well that was drilled through solid rock, and I have never had the slightest problem with mud.

And congratulations on getting the well fixed for only $500 – what a deal!