Terrymh
New Member
Here is some background on the well we have. We have lived here in mountain Home, Idaho for two years and have had no water problem with the well. The well was installed in 2000 and is at a depth of 550 feet and at that time the water level was at 450 feet.
This year we decided to plant one acre of alfalfa and use the existing well to water it. We planted about three week ago. The well we have will pump 25gpm and I’m using a 1500gal storage tank as a buffer for the field. We are using about 3,000 to 4,000 gal a day to water the field. I noticed the other day that the filter on the water tank was plugged up so I checked it and it was full of sand. I cleaned it and it filled up two days later. Today I cleaned it again and it was the same sand but now the water coming out into the tank is a light brown color. The house water is still clear and tastes fine but we have a sand filter on that.
So my question is. Am I over extending my wells capacity or do I have another problem? Also whom would I contact to find out what the problem might be and what can I do to solve it?
At this time I’m stopping all watering of the field until I can figure out this problem.
This year we decided to plant one acre of alfalfa and use the existing well to water it. We planted about three week ago. The well we have will pump 25gpm and I’m using a 1500gal storage tank as a buffer for the field. We are using about 3,000 to 4,000 gal a day to water the field. I noticed the other day that the filter on the water tank was plugged up so I checked it and it was full of sand. I cleaned it and it filled up two days later. Today I cleaned it again and it was the same sand but now the water coming out into the tank is a light brown color. The house water is still clear and tastes fine but we have a sand filter on that.
So my question is. Am I over extending my wells capacity or do I have another problem? Also whom would I contact to find out what the problem might be and what can I do to solve it?
At this time I’m stopping all watering of the field until I can figure out this problem.