Tammy T
New Member
We just built a new home with a builder and it was a turnkey sale which included a well and septic. We've had lots of sediment (dirt) that settles in the sink, bathtub, filters of our faucets etc. since the beginning and just when we feel it might be getting better, it's not. They dug our well at 148 feet (many around here go to almost 300 feet even but others do well at as little as 80). and is cased all the way. They did raise the pump last week and added a filter on the pump in an attempt to clear sediment and I don't think it's helped much. Our water is quite cloudy and has a slight odor to it and seems really hard to rinse clean and causes dry skin. Our well guy arrived yesterday to shock the well and said it failed for total coliform. When he came in to flush the faucets the water was orange. He said it was the chlorine reacting to iron in the water. He checked the toilet tank and said there was some evidence of iron (orange) and we've noticed since yesterday a filmy/oily orange yellow staining in the toilets. This has been beyond frustrating for us. We've been in the house for three weeks and we run the main bath every other hour or during the day as well as the outside house since we moved in and our builder and his guys were doing it before we took possession. We really don't want to invest in an expensive filtration system if we don't have to but don't know if we should be getting a second opinion on the well at this point, requesting they dig deeper (and is there a cost to that and who absorbs the cost?). Or do we dig a new well and hope it's not the same? I just don't know but I'm starting to panic now. We built our dream house in the country and have two young kids are just want safe water! Any advice would be appreciated.