Type of pump?
Submersible__yes______
Two wire (no control)____x____
Three wire (control box)______
Wire Size_________ Wire Length________
or
Jet Pump (above ground)_________
One or two pipes down the well____
Size of Pump?
Motor Horsepower?___6hp_______
Pump Model #______________
Date Pump Installed___12/2012_______
Pumping from?
Cistern tank___________
Pond, lake, river________
Water Well_______x_____
Depth of well____485______
Depth to water___300______
Pump Setting__________
Pipe Size_________"
Drop Pipe Material
PVC________
Steel_______
Poly________
Well Recovery Rate__4-5_____gpm
Well Casing Diameter_______â€
Rock Well__________ Sand Well__________ Other______________
Date Well Drilled____12/2012________
Well Casing Material
PVC___x_____ Steel_________ Other_________
Pressure Tank?
Bladder or diaphragm tank (one pipe to tank)____x______
Size or model of tank____________
Air charge in top of tank, with pump off and water drained____________PSI
(check with car tire gauge)
or
Plain Hydro Pneumatic tank (two pipes to tank, one in and one out)_________
Size of tank________________
Pressure Switch Setting?
On 30, off 50 __x______
On 40, off 60_________
Other_______________
Pump Control Method?
Cycle Stop Valve model #_________
Variable speed control #__________
Pump Start Relay (sprinkler timer, no tank)__________
Manually turned on and off____________
Pump Protection
Cycle Sensor_________
Pumptec_____________
Low pressure cutoff switch (lever on side)__________
Other_______________
Filters or Softeners______________
Before or after pressure tank_______
Type of filter___________________
Bypass available________________
Water Used For?
House Use__x_____ Number of baths__2 1/2_____ Number of People___5_____
High Flow Showers_______gpm?
Plus/Or
Irrigation with timers________
Irrigation with hoses________
Heat Pump______gpm?
Problems Experienced
No Water_________________
Water only part time________
Water at all times but weak_____
Air in water_______________
Pressure surging___________
Water Hammer (noise)______
Too Much pressure_________
Other_______dirt_____________
Pump makes clicking or buzzing sounds________
No Sounds______________
Pressure gauge reading________psi
Other____________________________________
Do you have, and know how to use
an Ampmeter and Voltmeter________no__________
Copy/Pasted above form from a previous post. Filled in what I knew about my well, which was drilled in December 2012 for a brand new house which we moved into in Jan 2013. Since day 1, my water has been cloudy and full of granite sediment. I called the well company that drilled/installed the well and was told that the well needed to develop more. I was told to run the well at the tank at half flow for 20-30 min at a time. I was also told to install a post-tank whole home water filter system to help with sediment until I developed the well fully. I did both. After running the well for 15 min on half flow, the well stopped putting out any water at all. Turning the spiket off and allowing water to build backup in the tank solved this issue, but I was too scared to allow the spiket to run again. Whole home water filter system installed and I began with 20 micron water string filters. Those 90 day 12,000 gallon filters were lasting about two weeks but there was still so much granite in my water that my washing machine would not fill up with water unless I cleaned the screen off the intake valuve about 4 times per wash. I changed my filters to 5 micron 90 day 12,000 gallon water filters but those would only last a day if I was lucky. I changed filters to 10 micron 90 day 12,000 gallon water filters and they are lasting about 3-5 days, depending on whats going on in the house. The filters come out almost black and yucky when I change them. In the filter housing, there is 1 to 1 1/2 inches of granite sediment every time I change it. I have granite sediment everywhere in my house, I dread to know what has built up in my hot water heater. As time has gone on, my water has only gotten dirtier and dirtier. If I draw up a glass of water post filter, you cannot even see through the water anymore. We have been bathing, washing clothes, and getting gallons of water for cooking from my mother in laws.
I have contacted the well company several times trying to get them to come out and check my well water because I know this is not right. They told me that their job was to find me a water supply and that the water quality was not their job. After many heated discussions, I finally got one of their guys out here who took a water sample and sent it off to their lab for testing. The results came back about three weeks later and I was told that I had hard water and could spend 3k on a water filter system. There was still no explanation for the amount of granite in my water supply. I asked them to come back out and back up my pump, deepen the well, something, but they refused. I contacted the builder that hired this well company and took them a sample of my dirty post filter water. The builder told the well company to come out and back my pump up 25 feet. The well company no showed on the builder twice. The builder called in another well company to give on estimate and the builder was advised it would cost about the same to attempt to repair the current well as it would to drill a new one with no guarantee that the repairs would work. I was told that the original well company had to be given the chance to make the well right since the builder had already paid them to do the job (although IMO they did a crappy job). The well company called me a week ago and advised they were ordering and going to install a galvanized tank that will collect the granite in my water and keep it out of my house water supply. I cannot find any information supporting what I was told and I believe the well company is attempting to pacify the builder to keep future contracts at my water quality expense. If anyone out there has any information that could help me or any insight into what this new tank is supposed to do and what it will not do, please let me know. I only want my water to be right, it is destroying my brand new house and all of my appliances. I do not have thousands of dollars lying around to just give up and hire someone to drill a new well or to install an expensive filter system. We are on a hill and our well is at 485 ft. My mother in law lives about 500 yards away at the bottom of the hill and her well is over 600 feet deep and she has perfect water. My sister in law lives about 1mile down the road and her well is at 800 foot deep and she has perfect water. NO ONE ELSE ON THIS 5 MILE ROAD HAS HAD THIS ISSUE!!!! Any insight that can be provided would be great, I feel like I am getting screwed........
Submersible__yes______
Two wire (no control)____x____
Three wire (control box)______
Wire Size_________ Wire Length________
or
Jet Pump (above ground)_________
One or two pipes down the well____
Size of Pump?
Motor Horsepower?___6hp_______
Pump Model #______________
Date Pump Installed___12/2012_______
Pumping from?
Cistern tank___________
Pond, lake, river________
Water Well_______x_____
Depth of well____485______
Depth to water___300______
Pump Setting__________
Pipe Size_________"
Drop Pipe Material
PVC________
Steel_______
Poly________
Well Recovery Rate__4-5_____gpm
Well Casing Diameter_______â€
Rock Well__________ Sand Well__________ Other______________
Date Well Drilled____12/2012________
Well Casing Material
PVC___x_____ Steel_________ Other_________
Pressure Tank?
Bladder or diaphragm tank (one pipe to tank)____x______
Size or model of tank____________
Air charge in top of tank, with pump off and water drained____________PSI
(check with car tire gauge)
or
Plain Hydro Pneumatic tank (two pipes to tank, one in and one out)_________
Size of tank________________
Pressure Switch Setting?
On 30, off 50 __x______
On 40, off 60_________
Other_______________
Pump Control Method?
Cycle Stop Valve model #_________
Variable speed control #__________
Pump Start Relay (sprinkler timer, no tank)__________
Manually turned on and off____________
Pump Protection
Cycle Sensor_________
Pumptec_____________
Low pressure cutoff switch (lever on side)__________
Other_______________
Filters or Softeners______________
Before or after pressure tank_______
Type of filter___________________
Bypass available________________
Water Used For?
House Use__x_____ Number of baths__2 1/2_____ Number of People___5_____
High Flow Showers_______gpm?
Plus/Or
Irrigation with timers________
Irrigation with hoses________
Heat Pump______gpm?
Problems Experienced
No Water_________________
Water only part time________
Water at all times but weak_____
Air in water_______________
Pressure surging___________
Water Hammer (noise)______
Too Much pressure_________
Other_______dirt_____________
Pump makes clicking or buzzing sounds________
No Sounds______________
Pressure gauge reading________psi
Other____________________________________
Do you have, and know how to use
an Ampmeter and Voltmeter________no__________
Copy/Pasted above form from a previous post. Filled in what I knew about my well, which was drilled in December 2012 for a brand new house which we moved into in Jan 2013. Since day 1, my water has been cloudy and full of granite sediment. I called the well company that drilled/installed the well and was told that the well needed to develop more. I was told to run the well at the tank at half flow for 20-30 min at a time. I was also told to install a post-tank whole home water filter system to help with sediment until I developed the well fully. I did both. After running the well for 15 min on half flow, the well stopped putting out any water at all. Turning the spiket off and allowing water to build backup in the tank solved this issue, but I was too scared to allow the spiket to run again. Whole home water filter system installed and I began with 20 micron water string filters. Those 90 day 12,000 gallon filters were lasting about two weeks but there was still so much granite in my water that my washing machine would not fill up with water unless I cleaned the screen off the intake valuve about 4 times per wash. I changed my filters to 5 micron 90 day 12,000 gallon water filters but those would only last a day if I was lucky. I changed filters to 10 micron 90 day 12,000 gallon water filters and they are lasting about 3-5 days, depending on whats going on in the house. The filters come out almost black and yucky when I change them. In the filter housing, there is 1 to 1 1/2 inches of granite sediment every time I change it. I have granite sediment everywhere in my house, I dread to know what has built up in my hot water heater. As time has gone on, my water has only gotten dirtier and dirtier. If I draw up a glass of water post filter, you cannot even see through the water anymore. We have been bathing, washing clothes, and getting gallons of water for cooking from my mother in laws.
I have contacted the well company several times trying to get them to come out and check my well water because I know this is not right. They told me that their job was to find me a water supply and that the water quality was not their job. After many heated discussions, I finally got one of their guys out here who took a water sample and sent it off to their lab for testing. The results came back about three weeks later and I was told that I had hard water and could spend 3k on a water filter system. There was still no explanation for the amount of granite in my water supply. I asked them to come back out and back up my pump, deepen the well, something, but they refused. I contacted the builder that hired this well company and took them a sample of my dirty post filter water. The builder told the well company to come out and back my pump up 25 feet. The well company no showed on the builder twice. The builder called in another well company to give on estimate and the builder was advised it would cost about the same to attempt to repair the current well as it would to drill a new one with no guarantee that the repairs would work. I was told that the original well company had to be given the chance to make the well right since the builder had already paid them to do the job (although IMO they did a crappy job). The well company called me a week ago and advised they were ordering and going to install a galvanized tank that will collect the granite in my water and keep it out of my house water supply. I cannot find any information supporting what I was told and I believe the well company is attempting to pacify the builder to keep future contracts at my water quality expense. If anyone out there has any information that could help me or any insight into what this new tank is supposed to do and what it will not do, please let me know. I only want my water to be right, it is destroying my brand new house and all of my appliances. I do not have thousands of dollars lying around to just give up and hire someone to drill a new well or to install an expensive filter system. We are on a hill and our well is at 485 ft. My mother in law lives about 500 yards away at the bottom of the hill and her well is over 600 feet deep and she has perfect water. My sister in law lives about 1mile down the road and her well is at 800 foot deep and she has perfect water. NO ONE ELSE ON THIS 5 MILE ROAD HAS HAD THIS ISSUE!!!! Any insight that can be provided would be great, I feel like I am getting screwed........