Hello,
I've been trying to develop and clean my well for the past 7 months during a new home construction. The well was drilled in 1998 and was never used. I've got it pretty dang clean with satisfactory test results. The problem is some rusty water will flow after a few cycles and clear up after a few more cycles.
The only thing I can think of is my well pump is sitting too close to the bottom of the well. I put in the new pump and drop pipe myself and I think I accidentally put the pump like 5 feet off the bottom due to my wrong measurements when trying to unravel the poly pipe etc. I actually hit the bottom when lowering the drop pipe to the pitless adaptor, I ended up pulling it up and chopping it and I'm sure it was only 5 feet.
The well is 67 feet with a static at 22 feet and draws down to 25 feet at 12 GPM. I can run it indefinitely without dropping any further.
Can I raise my pump to 20-25 feet off the bottom and have around 15 feet of water above the pump at draw down with no issues?
Will that solve my rusty spurt of water?
I'm installing a whole house filter but I still want to reduce this problem.
Thank you
I've been trying to develop and clean my well for the past 7 months during a new home construction. The well was drilled in 1998 and was never used. I've got it pretty dang clean with satisfactory test results. The problem is some rusty water will flow after a few cycles and clear up after a few more cycles.
The only thing I can think of is my well pump is sitting too close to the bottom of the well. I put in the new pump and drop pipe myself and I think I accidentally put the pump like 5 feet off the bottom due to my wrong measurements when trying to unravel the poly pipe etc. I actually hit the bottom when lowering the drop pipe to the pitless adaptor, I ended up pulling it up and chopping it and I'm sure it was only 5 feet.
The well is 67 feet with a static at 22 feet and draws down to 25 feet at 12 GPM. I can run it indefinitely without dropping any further.
Can I raise my pump to 20-25 feet off the bottom and have around 15 feet of water above the pump at draw down with no issues?
Will that solve my rusty spurt of water?
I'm installing a whole house filter but I still want to reduce this problem.
Thank you