WV Hillbilly
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I have posted previously about having turbid well water after heavy rain . I decided to pull my pump to find out what I could about my well . The well has 6" plastic casing which sticks up 16" above ground level . The well is 44'
9" deep from the top of the casing to the bottom of the well . Ground level to bottom of well is 43' 5" . There is 28' 1" of water in the well . The bottom of the pump is 22' 3" below the water level . Bottom of pump to bottom of well is 5' 10 " . There is a 4" casing inside the 6" casing . Top of 4" casing is 5' 5 1/2 " below top of 6" casing . I feel pretty sure the 4" doesn't have a jaswell seal on it . My father-in-law had the well drilled & he told me that after the driller went through bed-rock he hit some type of red rock . They were concerned the red rock would cave in on the pump so they put the 4" in to prevent that . The 4" is thinwall & has a joint of perforated on the bottom .
I purchased a Pro-Lab water quality test kit & tested the water today .
PH is 7.5 - Total Alkanlinity is 180 - Total Chlorine is 0 - Total Hardness is 120
Iron is less than 0.1 - Copper is 0 - Nitrate is less than 2 - Nitrite is 0 .
If I am correct all I need to do now is test for bacteria & solve my turbidity problem . Since my well is as shallow as it is I'm thinking of pulling the 4" out & installing a jaswell seal on 4" casing . How hard is it to force the jaswell seal down the 6" casing & into the bedrock below the bottom of the
6" casing ? I have access to a backhoe . Do you think a backhoe could be used to force the 4" with the jaswell seal down the hole ? It seems that either a jaswell seal or a filtering system are my options ?
According to the test kit I used all of the numbers are OK ? Thanks in
advance for any & all replies . Sorry for the long winded post .
9" deep from the top of the casing to the bottom of the well . Ground level to bottom of well is 43' 5" . There is 28' 1" of water in the well . The bottom of the pump is 22' 3" below the water level . Bottom of pump to bottom of well is 5' 10 " . There is a 4" casing inside the 6" casing . Top of 4" casing is 5' 5 1/2 " below top of 6" casing . I feel pretty sure the 4" doesn't have a jaswell seal on it . My father-in-law had the well drilled & he told me that after the driller went through bed-rock he hit some type of red rock . They were concerned the red rock would cave in on the pump so they put the 4" in to prevent that . The 4" is thinwall & has a joint of perforated on the bottom .
I purchased a Pro-Lab water quality test kit & tested the water today .
PH is 7.5 - Total Alkanlinity is 180 - Total Chlorine is 0 - Total Hardness is 120
Iron is less than 0.1 - Copper is 0 - Nitrate is less than 2 - Nitrite is 0 .
If I am correct all I need to do now is test for bacteria & solve my turbidity problem . Since my well is as shallow as it is I'm thinking of pulling the 4" out & installing a jaswell seal on 4" casing . How hard is it to force the jaswell seal down the 6" casing & into the bedrock below the bottom of the
6" casing ? I have access to a backhoe . Do you think a backhoe could be used to force the 4" with the jaswell seal down the hole ? It seems that either a jaswell seal or a filtering system are my options ?
According to the test kit I used all of the numbers are OK ? Thanks in
advance for any & all replies . Sorry for the long winded post .