I just had a 6" well drilled. They hit bedrock at 45 feet cased to 52 feet and drilled 145 feet deep total. The pump (230V goulds 3/4 hp submersible) is set at 100 feet. The well was drilled about a week ago and the final instal of the plumbing and wiring was done on thursday. When i first used the water (pump in ground for a week before running) there was a large amount of silt flowing through the water lines in the house. I called the company that set the pump and drilled and they came out yesterday to see why i had a lot of sand. It would plug the aerators on the fauctes in a matter of a couple minutes. They decided on placing a filtering bag over the pump, only now the pump is stuck in the hole. They are unable to lift the pump up much more than a couple feet before it gets jammed on something.
So they placed a patricle seperator after the pressure switch and it works great, cleared up the water and i have no particles coming through the hosue now. Only problem with that is it is filtering so much junk that it plugs up within an hour of changing a filter. I am now rinsing the sild and sand off one filter and replacing it on the hour whenever i am using water.
I know this is a very long post but i was trying to get all the information in it to try to get the best answers i can. Im looking for ideas of what could be wrong or a fix as well as suggestions of dealing with the well company. They are saying if they use a winch to try to dislodge the pump and the PVC breaks before the pump gets unstuck than they will have to get a new pump and have a new well drilled and my expense.
Dan
So they placed a patricle seperator after the pressure switch and it works great, cleared up the water and i have no particles coming through the hosue now. Only problem with that is it is filtering so much junk that it plugs up within an hour of changing a filter. I am now rinsing the sild and sand off one filter and replacing it on the hour whenever i am using water.
I know this is a very long post but i was trying to get all the information in it to try to get the best answers i can. Im looking for ideas of what could be wrong or a fix as well as suggestions of dealing with the well company. They are saying if they use a winch to try to dislodge the pump and the PVC breaks before the pump gets unstuck than they will have to get a new pump and have a new well drilled and my expense.
Dan