woodscape
New Member
Hi all,
New to wells in general and I'm looking for any recommendations you may have.
Basically, I have a low yield well that feeds into a 1700 gal cistern, which is then pumped into my house to a well pressure tank, and finally through a sediment filter . Now, there is a significant amount of sediment at the bottom of the cistern and when I recently replaced my pressure switch, the water I released from the tank was extremely dirty. Unfortunately, the area I live in is notorious for having quite a bit of sediment in the well water and not many (cheap) options to help with that.
So my question, I'm curious if it would be recommended or advisable to connect a sediment filter to the well water pipe that feeds my cistern? I assume it would help keep the cistern, cistern pump, and well pressure tank clean? I haven't really seen this done before, and since my experience with wells is limited, figured I would ask the question.
Thanks!
New to wells in general and I'm looking for any recommendations you may have.
Basically, I have a low yield well that feeds into a 1700 gal cistern, which is then pumped into my house to a well pressure tank, and finally through a sediment filter . Now, there is a significant amount of sediment at the bottom of the cistern and when I recently replaced my pressure switch, the water I released from the tank was extremely dirty. Unfortunately, the area I live in is notorious for having quite a bit of sediment in the well water and not many (cheap) options to help with that.
So my question, I'm curious if it would be recommended or advisable to connect a sediment filter to the well water pipe that feeds my cistern? I assume it would help keep the cistern, cistern pump, and well pressure tank clean? I haven't really seen this done before, and since my experience with wells is limited, figured I would ask the question.
Thanks!