good2hook
New Member
Hello guys, i'm new here, and i've got an issue im hoping you guys could steer me in the right direction, here goes:
The last few months when washing our clothes, the cold water going into the washer smelled horrible, leaving our clothes smelling like damp smelly egg and lately we can see rust stains when we washed our whites, fast forward to yesterday, i was using the garden hose outside quite a bit with no issues, later on that night we ran cold water to begin a shower and it was dark orange with fine black colored sand like particles. its' definitely the well water because our toilet is like brown rusty water as well.
Is my well junk? Is it the holding tank? I've got 2 black pvc pipes coming from outside, going into a 1/2hp pump that sits on a blue holding tank. No filtration system. This is our first year in the home, and we had issues when we first moved in, we thought because the home hadn't been lived in in awhile, that it was just water sitting in the pipes for so long. we thought it was normal. After running it for a good long while, the water was clear, but it always had this unpleasant odor. I had a tree trunk ripped out in front of my yard, and from my plans on the lot site it seemed pretty close tho where the well is, but the tree trunk was yanked out about a month ago. Could it be that? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Can i use the water to shower, wash dishes? I'm not going to use it to cook with, and more than likely not going to shower with it. Again thanks in advance for the help.
The last few months when washing our clothes, the cold water going into the washer smelled horrible, leaving our clothes smelling like damp smelly egg and lately we can see rust stains when we washed our whites, fast forward to yesterday, i was using the garden hose outside quite a bit with no issues, later on that night we ran cold water to begin a shower and it was dark orange with fine black colored sand like particles. its' definitely the well water because our toilet is like brown rusty water as well.
Is my well junk? Is it the holding tank? I've got 2 black pvc pipes coming from outside, going into a 1/2hp pump that sits on a blue holding tank. No filtration system. This is our first year in the home, and we had issues when we first moved in, we thought because the home hadn't been lived in in awhile, that it was just water sitting in the pipes for so long. we thought it was normal. After running it for a good long while, the water was clear, but it always had this unpleasant odor. I had a tree trunk ripped out in front of my yard, and from my plans on the lot site it seemed pretty close tho where the well is, but the tree trunk was yanked out about a month ago. Could it be that? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Can i use the water to shower, wash dishes? I'm not going to use it to cook with, and more than likely not going to shower with it. Again thanks in advance for the help.