Mgamber
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My old well died. Too much sand to keep up with. I had installed a Sand Trap Right out of the pressure tank, then a Fleck 2510 Backflushing valve with filter ag, then a spin-down screen mesh filter then a GE whole house cartridge filter.
We had to backflush every day. I also needed to dump the sand trap weekly or we would have issues.
Finally 2 weeks ago it all just clogged up solid.
Tired of spending money on filter stuff and having to run out in the morning and reset the well or flush a filter manually, we had a new $10k well dug.
It is 290 feet deep, pump at 240, water comes up to 70 feet from surface. 2 hp franklin with a schaefer pump. 120 gallon bladderless pressure tank. PVC screen with .008 slits, 30ft of screen. 4" pvc well casing cemented. Strata was alternating sand / clay / some gravel. Water bearing sand at 265.
Right now I have the sand trap and backflushing filter bypassed. I do not like the spin down filter.
Considering a Lykos twist 2 clean with 100 mesh then the GE cartridge filter. Have not had water tested yet but it is certainly cleaner then the old well whose screen had failed which is why it was pumping so much sand.
Also considering a CSV, but is my tank too large for this to be effective? Stagnant water issues with CSV and that large of a tank?
We had to backflush every day. I also needed to dump the sand trap weekly or we would have issues.
Finally 2 weeks ago it all just clogged up solid.
Tired of spending money on filter stuff and having to run out in the morning and reset the well or flush a filter manually, we had a new $10k well dug.
It is 290 feet deep, pump at 240, water comes up to 70 feet from surface. 2 hp franklin with a schaefer pump. 120 gallon bladderless pressure tank. PVC screen with .008 slits, 30ft of screen. 4" pvc well casing cemented. Strata was alternating sand / clay / some gravel. Water bearing sand at 265.
Right now I have the sand trap and backflushing filter bypassed. I do not like the spin down filter.
Considering a Lykos twist 2 clean with 100 mesh then the GE cartridge filter. Have not had water tested yet but it is certainly cleaner then the old well whose screen had failed which is why it was pumping so much sand.
Also considering a CSV, but is my tank too large for this to be effective? Stagnant water issues with CSV and that large of a tank?