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Correct me if I'm wrong, but you can test the bladder by draining the tank then checking the air pressure with a tire gauge. If the air pressure is low (like 0-5 psi), then the bladder is most likely...

Thanks for all the great input. But you know, times are tough. My system may not be the best but its all I've I got and it works, and I can't spend money replacing anything right now. I was just...

My well has a yield of 9 gpm and I have never had a problem in this regard. Since the air injector has never been serviced I'm just wondering if these need to be cleaned periodically.

Yes- the air...

Thanks for the info- Can you point me to some web sites that sell air pumps to replace this?

Do air injectors require maintenance? We get a lot of sediment in the water from time to time and I am wondering if the venturi nozzle gets clogged after a while. And what would be symptoms of a...

Thanks for the advice- I think I will get it tested again by an independent. BTW, The county folks did not even come out. They just sponsored this free weekend of well water testing and you brought...

Thanks for the info - seems like this is going to be a bigger job than I thought. Perhaps if I dilute the bleach in a trash can full of water then pour it down the blue plug? BTW, the reason for this...

I need to disinfect my well and have not seen a well cap like this before where a pipe is coming out of the top. It looks like the cap is supporting the pipe and hose bib. How do I get into this to...

By "flushed", do you mean shocking/disinfecting the well?

Wow- great video! The inside walls of the casing look pretty grungy. You can clearly see the water leaking out. Is that steel casing?

I'm assuming that the jaswell seal is a type of sleeve that...

Here's the label on the filter
http://www.joejaworski.com/well7.jpg

The little air tank had a sleeve on it that I was able to lift up. A similar label said the size on it was 5X35.

I will call...

I couldn't find a label on the tank, but I took some photos of it below. Is changing out the backwash unit something I can do myself? I've done PVC irrigation before. What do you suggest for a...

Thanks for info! You guys are great!

Is this "bad seal" you refer to happen between sections of the casing pipe? Just curious are these pipes glued together or is there some type of rubber gasket...

The first guy did not install a softener. Just the venturi, an air tank, and a cylinder full of calcite.
http://www.joejaworski.com/well1.jpg
http://www.joejaworski.com/well2.jpg

The second...

That's the thing that baffling- My well was dug in '95, it is a 6-inch well, 302 ft deep @ 12 gpm.

When the discolored water started to clear on its own, you could fill a glass of water and leave...

I don't see any of the slime in the toilet bowls as you described. But when the orange water was present last week, the surface of the water in the toilet bowls looked like it had some oil or sort of...

Does iron bacteria contamination happen in the well, or does it come from the water table?

Will shocking the well help me with this intermittant iron bacteria problem? The well has never been...

I have a private residential well that was put in 15 years ago, and has always produced clear, good tasting, and safe to drink water.

A few months ago, we woke up to find deep orange colored water...