Hand Pump Well

[Leafster]

I have a camp that my Dad and I built. He had a well dug and casing and hand pump installed. It was never used to any extent except my boys pumping until they got water and they always can. The problem is that the water turns brown. I have heard that I need to pump out the well to get rid of this. Any suggestions please?

 

[Valveman]

If the well casing and/or the hand pump has steel pipe, the brown is probably just rust. You have to use a well and pump enough to keep the water from just sitting in the pipe and rusting.

 

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[Leafster]

Thanks! So would it be a good idea to hook a gas pump up to it and pump it out for a few minutes, or would that be useless?

 

[Valveman]

Thanks! So would it be a good idea to hook a gas pump up to it and pump it out for a few minutes, or would that be useless?

Yeah or you could keep the "boys" busy. Tell them to keep pumping.

 

[Leafster]

They always play out!!haha. Thanks for your time and advice. Much appreciated!!

 

[Valveman]

With more than one boy you can work them against each other. Give them a 55 gallon barrel a and start a competition. Whoever can fill the barrel the quickest gets 10 bucks or something. Young ones will work cheap but the older ones think they are worth 50 bucks an hour or so.