Walker1270
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Advice needed to help with the amount of sand coming up from the well.
A little background
We have a 240ft artesian well that was installed in 1977 with a 2" pipe (I know that's a problem). Original flow rate was 60gpm. Over time that dropped to only 5-6gpm due to extensive drilling into water table. We were unable to find any submersible pump to fit so we ended up installing a jet pump. That has solved our pressure problem but caused a lot of sand to come up. We did replace the point on the well about three years ago and that helped a bit. Changing our whole house filter about once a week has reduced the sand amount to barely acceptable level. We have also discovered that running the outside taps overnight also helps decrease the amount of sand.
Ok but now - the amount of sand is uncontrollable and the water in the house is not usable. I swear there is more sand than water coming out the taps. The filter plugs up immediately upon running any water. Is there anything we can do (other than digging a new well) that might help this problem? One of our well companies suggested a holding tank where the sand can settle out, somebody else says install a spin down filter. We don't know what way to turn so any help/ideas is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
A little background
We have a 240ft artesian well that was installed in 1977 with a 2" pipe (I know that's a problem). Original flow rate was 60gpm. Over time that dropped to only 5-6gpm due to extensive drilling into water table. We were unable to find any submersible pump to fit so we ended up installing a jet pump. That has solved our pressure problem but caused a lot of sand to come up. We did replace the point on the well about three years ago and that helped a bit. Changing our whole house filter about once a week has reduced the sand amount to barely acceptable level. We have also discovered that running the outside taps overnight also helps decrease the amount of sand.
Ok but now - the amount of sand is uncontrollable and the water in the house is not usable. I swear there is more sand than water coming out the taps. The filter plugs up immediately upon running any water. Is there anything we can do (other than digging a new well) that might help this problem? One of our well companies suggested a holding tank where the sand can settle out, somebody else says install a spin down filter. We don't know what way to turn so any help/ideas is greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
