whats fair amount of new drilled well to clean up

Rkh · Jul 13, 2014

Drilled a new well and had a lot of clay in water sample. Been running water 24/7 for 3 days with the size of your small finger and has a cloudy look. What is the fair amount of time for water to clear?

littlered1 · Jul 13, 2014

It could be a little while. Even when it looks clear, it is not. A week or two--it is to be expected. Things will settle down. Some people eat clay. There ya go.

Rkh · Jul 13, 2014

Sorry, no clay defiency.

tomNE · Jul 13, 2014

I drilled one 20yrs ago, that never did. always had to run a filter.

JD Seller · Jul 13, 2014

Sometimes you need to stop running the water. Things will then settle out. The fresh flow of water in keeps everything stirred up at the end of the drilling.

Also I wonder if your pump is too deep in the well. Around here they usually set the pump 10-15 feet up the casing from the end. That allows the bottom to act like a sediment bowl. The wells around here are usually in the 200 foot range. usually in pretty hard limestone still.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 13, 2014

Fair amount of time to clear up is, When they clear up, No set time. Some never do. Slower you pump the better, Others pump a hr, Shut off a hr. pump a hr Shut off a hr. over and over. Clay's a b itch.

Rkh · Jul 13, 2014

Well is 130 ft deep-pump is down 75ft.

Rkh · Jul 13, 2014

What kind of filter do you use to filter clay? I use a sediment filter after the air tank.

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