1.25" fittings and foot valves can sometimes get stuck in old 2" wells and not want to come out... so 1" is normally used.
What is odd here is that even though the pipe is 1" they used an adapter and installed a 1.25" foot valve.
Anyway more important, I add a tee to my 60' 1" pipe and went all the way down. Well not quite all the way because of the tee I am about 1' from the bottom where I hit something solid before. I know I need to add an extender piece, but I hate to stop to do that, because currently I am trying to pump out the sand.
The T lets me connect between city water and the pump.
Here is my question, I am pumping and so far the water is black with sand. If this hits a rock bed and assuming this is a slow casing leak (probably a bad assumption) at some point shouldn't my water turn clear. If it just keeps pumping out black water with sand, what is your opinion.
Update:
The water is finally clearing up. But I think this well is driving me crazy. I tried to pull the pipe out and it got stuck after pulling up maybe 3'. This time when I pushed it back down it hit something solid prior to the pipe going all the way down (which it just did 20 minutes earlier). Maybe I am getting stuck on rocks or the casing. Will continue to play.
I turned off the pump and will try pumping again in 10 minutes or so to see is still clear or if it is again pumping out sand.
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