I am hoping someone can help me figure out where to go from here - I apologize for the long-winded post.
I purchased some land with an old agricultural well on it. The well hadn't been used in at least 15 years and it had an old jack pump with rod and cylinder set up that no longer worked. I pulled all this out earlier this spring - cylinder was at 198' with one 18' pipe under it, so well is at least 216' deep. Static level of water was approx 110'. The old well pipe was really rusty and the jack pump was from 1930's, so this could be an old well. Well casing is tin.
Today I installed a submersible well pump - 1/2 hp Grundfos 5SQ05-180-115V pump and used 1" 160PSI PE pipe. I plan to run pump off generator and fill bulk tank. I installed pump at 180'. I turned on generator and got slightly cloudy water for 80 gallons, then the water quality became really dirty - there was lots of sediment and iron. After taking out approximately 20 more gallons of this dirty water, I shut off the pump because I thought all that sediment can't be good for it. In 5 gallons of water, there were between 1-2 tablespoons of fine sediment.
I am not sure where to go from here - I believe I am at least 25' from bottom of well. Why would the water quality get much worse the more I pumped (I had assumed the opposite would happen)? What steps should I take going forward? Should I try raising pump?
Any help or feedback would be greatly appreciated!
I purchased some land with an old agricultural well on it. The well hadn't been used in at least 15 years and it had an old jack pump with rod and cylinder set up that no longer worked. I pulled all this out earlier this spring - cylinder was at 198' with one 18' pipe under it, so well is at least 216' deep. Static level of water was approx 110'. The old well pipe was really rusty and the jack pump was from 1930's, so this could be an old well. Well casing is tin.
Today I installed a submersible well pump - 1/2 hp Grundfos 5SQ05-180-115V pump and used 1" 160PSI PE pipe. I plan to run pump off generator and fill bulk tank. I installed pump at 180'. I turned on generator and got slightly cloudy water for 80 gallons, then the water quality became really dirty - there was lots of sediment and iron. After taking out approximately 20 more gallons of this dirty water, I shut off the pump because I thought all that sediment can't be good for it. In 5 gallons of water, there were between 1-2 tablespoons of fine sediment.
I am not sure where to go from here - I believe I am at least 25' from bottom of well. Why would the water quality get much worse the more I pumped (I had assumed the opposite would happen)? What steps should I take going forward? Should I try raising pump?
Any help or feedback would be greatly appreciated!