New Well?

[jferello]

Hey all,

We have horrible iron in our well, its about 60' well. The 1" pipe that comes from the well to the house is down to about 1/2" with all the iron build up, its a poly pipe btw.

Would drilling a new well and running new pipe resolve the iron problem to a certain extent or will all the water in this area be supper crappy with iron?

Thanks,
Justin

 

[Valveman]

If Iron is common in your area, then Iron is common to every well. Probably just need to figure out how to treat it down the well.

 

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[Reach4]

There are ways to clean out wells. Search for well rehabilitation.

The cleaned out well will still have iron to treat.

 

[jferello]

Can I throw "Iron Out" down the well and flush the system? Would that remove it all, at least from the pipes and pump?

 

[Reach4]

For cleaning wells with chemicals, I think they usually use something stronger. I think others could give guidance there.

For cleaning out the pipe, it might be easier to replace the poly pipe, I would think.

is a company using a big compressor blowing air down a pipe to the bottom of the well with the pump out.

Some people use a homemade air lift pump for a slower method that does not need a big compressor.

I have not done any of these, but I have seen a 275 cfm compressor blowing on 1 inch PVC blowing stuff out of a well. It made a heigher geyser than the Youtube video showed, but the water was more colorful in that video.