I live in MN with a well approx 90' deep and close to 20 yrs old. As soon as the ground begins to thaw the filters in my house begin to plug up with sand. I have a small sedement filter and then a carbon filter. The sand it too fine for the first filter w/100 mesh and totally clogs up the carbon filter. I contacted a local plumber and he suggested either having them check the well screen and lining (roughly $2000) or buying a much larger sand seperator to take out the fine sand ($700).
I have read that in some cases of large amounts of sand in the well can represent that the well walls are beginning to fail. Is that correct? Am I safe with purchasing the sand seperator? and is that the going price?
I have read that in some cases of large amounts of sand in the well can represent that the well walls are beginning to fail. Is that correct? Am I safe with purchasing the sand seperator? and is that the going price?