tinkerdan
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Professional well digger dug a well for new home last June ($10,000). 360 total depth/ 100 ft to bedrock. Steel cased from surface to 260 ft. It ran muddy for weeks with continual pumping as well as intermittent pumping onto the ground. Finally cleared (short term). When water is now turned on, it will pump clear for about 2 minutes, then run muddy (ranging anywhere from mud-tinged to dark) for about 2 minutes, and start clearing up until it eventually runs crystal clear. Professional well driller pulled pump up. Didn't help. Then suggested we go 20 more feet deeper and case 100 add'l ft. We did and he raised the pump again, he says we now have a yield of 10-12 GPM. ($2,500 more). Well still runs as previously mentioned. Well driller now says he can add a filter to filter mud out into our private septic system (at an additional cost). Am I throwing money into a muddy well??? Should I just cut my loss and have a new well drilled. Professional well driller says he doesn't know why it is doing this and can't do anything else.
Thanks!! Stumped in Virginia.
Thanks!! Stumped in Virginia.