Well Water Has Suddenly Gone Brown

   / Well Water Has Suddenly Gone Brown #11  
Everybody on a well should have a cartridge filter. Preferably, a 4" x 10", or better a 4" x 20".
Could be normal activity in the ground stirring stuff up.
Could be a bad tank, bad pump (possibly the starting switch), bad check valves allowing the water to run back to the well.
Could be a hole in the drop pipe.
Water filters that don't backwash properly can start to puke stuff back into the water.
I can walk you through trouble shooting some of this stuff.
Steve
 
   / Well Water Has Suddenly Gone Brown #12  
You have a galvanized tank with an air release?
Submersible pump?
That means there is a bleeder in the well.
 
   / Well Water Has Suddenly Gone Brown #13  
Yes, it could be excessive flow. Look for toilets leaking (running) or outside silcocks that have just thawed out and are running
 
   / Well Water Has Suddenly Gone Brown #14  
Brown water is better for you, kind of like brown eggs. :)
 
   / Well Water Has Suddenly Gone Brown #15  
Brown water is local water, and local water is fresh...

Unless you live in Detroit. :(
 
   / Well Water Has Suddenly Gone Brown #16  
If there is a check valve (or even the foot valve) the springs can rust...
 
   / Well Water Has Suddenly Gone Brown #18  
Our well water does that after a natural seismic event or by nearby blasting. Clears up in two days usually.
 
   / Well Water Has Suddenly Gone Brown
  • Thread Starter
#19  
I’d guess excessive flow. Either because it has been rainy, or the well has drawn a lot of water.
Can you tell if your pump has, or is, running more.
I did just start using the sprinklers, but then again, I do that every year and this is the first time I've gotten brown water.
 

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