Well Development

[KS_H2O]

Seeking advice.

I'm in the flint hills of kansas, drilled a well to 115' on top of a hill where there are three benches with water coming out of the ground at each bench. Hit water at 22 feet ~5gpm, then again at 65' and driller claimed it was producing between 12-16 gpm. Casing installed well is producing at 5.5gpm.
Now for the question. I can pump off the well in about 28 minutes. I pump 100 gallons and it goes cloudy. I've sat here and drawn on it every 2 minutes until the water clears from empty. So I'm pulling about 25-30gal off and it clears up. If I let it fill back up and pump it down it gets cloudy again after 100 gallons.
I'm baffled. Currently dont have power to the pump, just running off a generator trying to develop the well. I've spent a solid 2 weeks pumping around 1k gallons out of the well a day. Do I just keep going here or do I need an intervention.

Thanks
Flint Hills

 

[KS_H2O]

Does a guy drain the well and just keep pumping it off till empty over and over, or shoukd I be doing something else. Driller said that the two fractures or producing zones were talking to eachother. I feel like if I draw on it all the time I'm cleaning out out but as soon as it fills the head pressure of the top zone is being taken by the lower zone. So everytime I hit the 65' mark I'm re-flushing the lower zone.

 

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[Valveman]

With a low producing well it may take days to pump enough to clear it. Need grid power and a timer to let that repeat for days. Look at the Cycle Sensor.

 

[KS_H2O]

Grid power coming the 20th. Ill have to set something up then I recon.
So am I wasting my time pulling on it with the generator?

 

[KS_H2O]

I guess does it also matter on development if the well was percussion drilled(1940's tech), vs rotary?

 

[Valveman]

Nothing wrong with a spudder drilling rig. But it is the way we do casing with a small screen and gravel pack that keeps the sediment out. You may be able to pump out and develop the well. But at 100 gallons a time it will take days. The Cycle Sensor can be set to turn the pump off when the amps drop from pumping air. Then a timer in the Cycle Sensor is set for say 1 hour before the pump is restarted. You can just walk away and it will pump 100 gallons every hour or so, depending on the timer setting.

When I chlorinate my 1 GPM well I set it up and let it run for several days like that to get the chlorine smell to go away.

 

[KS_H2O]

Thanks Valveman, appreciate the input and wisdom.