etoilejr
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Hi and thank you in advance.
We have a 9 year old drilled well, I believe 120-130 feet deep. Sand has invaded our well and whatever we do, it does not cure the problem. We had to clean all the pipes in the house. We have heated floors so we still don't know the extent of damage yet.
We have put clear rocks in the bottom of the well. It seemed like it was cured until we tried to pump the water. The water pump in the well of course had blocked and burned the motor. We changed the pump as the water seemed clear. We tried the water, it was grey. We waited 24 hours and tried it again, the water is still full of sand. When I say full of sand, we have to scoop the sand from the sink....that's how bad it is so obviously, the pipes are still blocked or will have to be unblocked again before we continue.
They say a vein burst and sand is coming up. How do we cure this problem?
We were told that cleaning the well would not help as it would make a hole in the bottom and make it worst. A well driller told us to put some clear rocks at the bottom and it should cure it. Obviously, it's not cured yet.
By the way, we have hard water, rusted water. There is lots of clay on our land but the well was drilled just above the clay, about 6 inches or so.
Please help if anyone knows what to do.
Thank you
etoilejr
We have a 9 year old drilled well, I believe 120-130 feet deep. Sand has invaded our well and whatever we do, it does not cure the problem. We had to clean all the pipes in the house. We have heated floors so we still don't know the extent of damage yet.
We have put clear rocks in the bottom of the well. It seemed like it was cured until we tried to pump the water. The water pump in the well of course had blocked and burned the motor. We changed the pump as the water seemed clear. We tried the water, it was grey. We waited 24 hours and tried it again, the water is still full of sand. When I say full of sand, we have to scoop the sand from the sink....that's how bad it is so obviously, the pipes are still blocked or will have to be unblocked again before we continue.
They say a vein burst and sand is coming up. How do we cure this problem?
We were told that cleaning the well would not help as it would make a hole in the bottom and make it worst. A well driller told us to put some clear rocks at the bottom and it should cure it. Obviously, it's not cured yet.
By the way, we have hard water, rusted water. There is lots of clay on our land but the well was drilled just above the clay, about 6 inches or so.
Please help if anyone knows what to do.
Thank you
etoilejr
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