Hi everyone, first time posting, but I've been reading and learning off and on this site for years. Great site, thank you for having it.
Here's my situation; well is from 1994, I have an above ground pump. I've asked neighbors and they have no sediment and one of neighbors has well is 56'. We have lived here for about 17 years, and have seen some sediment come in house water a few times, then it remedies itself and no more sand, or not much. 3 weeks ago we really had alot of sand come in, at least a cup of sand to a gallon of water and that was right after getting it from spigot, no settling, and worse it seems. I know from reading it can be a few things going on and to have a well professional come and inspect. I called a few here in Florida,(I've asked if it can be due to the fact we have not had much rain in months, they say no),[but when I read things online low water table can bring sediment] and had a few come out and give an estimate and have gotten different opinions. I understand that it can be a screen problem, or a casing problem. What I dont understand is if it is a casing problem, how did it just fix itself since we had a nice amount of rain? It is not completely gone now, but right after we got all that rain, we only have a little bit of sand now. My vision sees a straw as the casing with a tear and even though we got alot of rain, how would that tear get fixed just by that, if it's the casing? Wouldn't we still be seeing the same amount of sediment coming in?
We also have 2 other options, another shallow well, or a deep artisan well. We do not want sulfer, but have been told if we were to drill another shallow well 6 feet away we could have bad sulfer. Same with a deep well.
If we were to do a new shallow well would we still get sediment?
Sorry to get winded, I wanted to give you as much info as possible. Hopefully there is a well contractor from Florida here. Any insight will be greatly appreciated thank you all so much for your time!
Here's my situation; well is from 1994, I have an above ground pump. I've asked neighbors and they have no sediment and one of neighbors has well is 56'. We have lived here for about 17 years, and have seen some sediment come in house water a few times, then it remedies itself and no more sand, or not much. 3 weeks ago we really had alot of sand come in, at least a cup of sand to a gallon of water and that was right after getting it from spigot, no settling, and worse it seems. I know from reading it can be a few things going on and to have a well professional come and inspect. I called a few here in Florida,(I've asked if it can be due to the fact we have not had much rain in months, they say no),[but when I read things online low water table can bring sediment] and had a few come out and give an estimate and have gotten different opinions. I understand that it can be a screen problem, or a casing problem. What I dont understand is if it is a casing problem, how did it just fix itself since we had a nice amount of rain? It is not completely gone now, but right after we got all that rain, we only have a little bit of sand now. My vision sees a straw as the casing with a tear and even though we got alot of rain, how would that tear get fixed just by that, if it's the casing? Wouldn't we still be seeing the same amount of sediment coming in?
We also have 2 other options, another shallow well, or a deep artisan well. We do not want sulfer, but have been told if we were to drill another shallow well 6 feet away we could have bad sulfer. Same with a deep well.
If we were to do a new shallow well would we still get sediment?
Sorry to get winded, I wanted to give you as much info as possible. Hopefully there is a well contractor from Florida here. Any insight will be greatly appreciated thank you all so much for your time!