I have a property with a fairly large garage to work on/store cars. No house or septic system, but I may build a house there some day and had a well drilled about 6-7 years ago. I'm working from memory so these # are approximations. IIRC the well is about 250' deep w/160' of steel casing. The driller said that it flowed approx. 15 GPM and to keep the (1 HP) submersible pump about 15' off of the bottom.
I installed the pump and operated it like that for several years. I always had some sediment in the water, sometimes worse than others and the driller said it would probably go away once more water was pumped from it. After the problem had persisted for a couple years, the driller suggested that I turn the water on and let it run over the weekend. I did, and it seemed to help, but only for a limited period of time and was soon back to about the same amount of sediment as before. I have run the water for 12-24 hours straight several more times since them, with the same results.
Last year I pulled the pump. The pipe was wet for about 120' above the pump. Since I had such a large water column, I lifted the pump up about 15' further. This seemed like it might have slightly reduced the amount of silt, but there is still an excessive amount.
I installed a 10 x 4.5 whole house filter with a clear housing, about a month ago. As soon as turned the water back on, the filter discolored as quickly at the water filled the filter. The filter is now so full that it is acting as a significant restriction and will need to replaced/backflushed(not sure if I can backflush the filter I have) soon.
Any opinions on why I have so much sediment in the water?
Would raising the pump furher help any?
Is there anything I can do to the well to reduce the amount of sediment it puts out?
Any recommendations on a filter that I can clean/backflush and not need to replace so frequently?
Thanks, Joel
I installed the pump and operated it like that for several years. I always had some sediment in the water, sometimes worse than others and the driller said it would probably go away once more water was pumped from it. After the problem had persisted for a couple years, the driller suggested that I turn the water on and let it run over the weekend. I did, and it seemed to help, but only for a limited period of time and was soon back to about the same amount of sediment as before. I have run the water for 12-24 hours straight several more times since them, with the same results.
Last year I pulled the pump. The pipe was wet for about 120' above the pump. Since I had such a large water column, I lifted the pump up about 15' further. This seemed like it might have slightly reduced the amount of silt, but there is still an excessive amount.
I installed a 10 x 4.5 whole house filter with a clear housing, about a month ago. As soon as turned the water back on, the filter discolored as quickly at the water filled the filter. The filter is now so full that it is acting as a significant restriction and will need to replaced/backflushed(not sure if I can backflush the filter I have) soon.
Any opinions on why I have so much sediment in the water?
Would raising the pump furher help any?
Is there anything I can do to the well to reduce the amount of sediment it puts out?
Any recommendations on a filter that I can clean/backflush and not need to replace so frequently?
Thanks, Joel