WV Hillbilly
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I have owned this property a little over 2 years . I bought it from my father-in-law & he had a new well drilled 5-7 years ago . If he remembers correctly the well is 68 feet deep . It has a submersible pump . After heavy rains the water looks somewhat muddy . It seems as though the situation is slowly improving as time goes by . I thought maybe surface water was entering the well around the casing because the ground right around the casing was caving in somewhat . I dug about a 3 foot diameter x 3 foot deep hole around the casing . This put me below the pitless adapter by several inches . I then tamped the bottom of the hole & poured about 4 inches of cement . After the cement set I backfilled the hole & tamped as I backfilled .
Didn't solve the problem . The water clears right up within a couple days
after it rains . By the way my father-in law didn't live on this property , he just had a hunting camp on it & didn't use hardly any water from the well after he had it drilled . Any ideas on what might be causing this problem or
suggestions on filtering , ect , appreciated .
Didn't solve the problem . The water clears right up within a couple days
after it rains . By the way my father-in law didn't live on this property , he just had a hunting camp on it & didn't use hardly any water from the well after he had it drilled . Any ideas on what might be causing this problem or
suggestions on filtering , ect , appreciated .