Our well was drilled in 2003.
840 ft. deep
Pump set at 560 ft.
4.5 inch PVC casing
1.5inch PVC schedule 120 pipe
Lab tested the well - Pure water, PH 8.2 no iron – just good drinking water.
Only issue in the past was hydrogen sulfide smell under high usage during summer watering season. We chlorinate the well a couple times a year. Testing for bacterial show negative results.
Over the years we have had a couple tanks fail, start capacitor, pressure switch and this last time we had a broken PVC pipe a few feet above the pump. On recommendation from the service company the PVC was changed to 1.5 inch galvanized pipe because of the PVC crack.
Since the well was repaired we have had terrible problems with Iron in the water.
If we open a hose and flush about 100 gallons then no iron is detected. After a couple days and the iron is back.
We bought a lab iron kit and we can watch the iron climb from 0 – 0.6 scale on the kit. The water starts smelling, has a greenish haze and the taste is bad. Flush about 100 gallons through the system (3-4 pump cycles) and all is good.
Until we put the steel pipe in we haven’t seen this iron problem. I would assume that for many years steel galvanized pipe has been use with water with no problems.
It’s $7000 to change the pipe back to PVC and that’s a lots not knowing for sure that will fix this problem. To top this off the local guy is trying to sell us an $5000 Iron filter system.
I am at wits end on what to do.
Any advice?
840 ft. deep
Pump set at 560 ft.
4.5 inch PVC casing
1.5inch PVC schedule 120 pipe
Lab tested the well - Pure water, PH 8.2 no iron – just good drinking water.
Only issue in the past was hydrogen sulfide smell under high usage during summer watering season. We chlorinate the well a couple times a year. Testing for bacterial show negative results.
Over the years we have had a couple tanks fail, start capacitor, pressure switch and this last time we had a broken PVC pipe a few feet above the pump. On recommendation from the service company the PVC was changed to 1.5 inch galvanized pipe because of the PVC crack.
Since the well was repaired we have had terrible problems with Iron in the water.
If we open a hose and flush about 100 gallons then no iron is detected. After a couple days and the iron is back.
We bought a lab iron kit and we can watch the iron climb from 0 – 0.6 scale on the kit. The water starts smelling, has a greenish haze and the taste is bad. Flush about 100 gallons through the system (3-4 pump cycles) and all is good.
Until we put the steel pipe in we haven’t seen this iron problem. I would assume that for many years steel galvanized pipe has been use with water with no problems.
It’s $7000 to change the pipe back to PVC and that’s a lots not knowing for sure that will fix this problem. To top this off the local guy is trying to sell us an $5000 Iron filter system.
I am at wits end on what to do.
Any advice?