Posted on 10/11/2006 5:45:07 PM PDT by Miztiki
Will it clear up on its own?
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The pressure is fine now but I've had the faucet in the kitchen running about 10 minutes and it's still cloudy and reddish colored. That's in addition to flushing the toilet half a dozen times.
Will it clear up if I just let it run for a bit longer? Or should I go buy some drinking water? Was he wrong saying that a filter isn't necessary?
Sorry for another vanity post but I don't have anyone available that I can ask right now.
You just stirred it up working on your pump. It will clear.
Buy bottled water.
It's pipe rust. It will eventually disappear.
Reddish-brown is rust. They've disturbed the pipes, and knocked some of the rust inside the pipes loose. It will clear up. IMHO.
Get some water for drinking, and wait a day or so for the water by the well pump to settle and clear. Running the water won't make it clear, it has to settle down by the pump (I'm assuming your pump is at the bottom of the well, where ours is iirc).
We occasionally get brown water if there's a lot of rain, it takes it a day or two to settle.
Looks like you're gonna have to blast. Got any dynamite?
Just don't let the moose drink it, otherwise the moose will go crazy for cheese and bite your sister
:)
It will probably clear. But if it's still reddish brown during a bathroom visit, uh oh.
Yes, it will clear. if you want to speed up the process, run your hose SLOWLY for a while. If you keep running it through your faucet, you may clog up the screen of the little plastic particle trap gizmo thing.
It doesn't mean your water is contamonated, but any time you have well work done, it's not a bad idea to chlorinate the well. If you don't know how, i can explain.
Bush's Fault.
Gosh you people are slow.
That will go away Miztiki, it's just sediment and other stuff disturbed when you had your well fixed.
If it's in the well, it's not likely to be pipe rust. Many water-bearing rock formations are red sandstone. Any disturbance in the well will loosen up the very fine particles which stay in suspension ofr a long time.
Best way to clear it is to re-establish the channels and flush out the very fine sediment causing the turbidity.
You'll probably have dirty water for a couple of days. All the work he did stirred up stuff that had either collected in the pipes or settled to the bottom of our system. You need to wait for it to settle back down and flush out. Get some bottled water for drinking and DON"T do any laundry until it runs clean.
You might want to drain your hot water tank too and get the sediment out of it now too.
The Rapture?
I'm no expert but I think it's broke.
I went out and checked the stupid thing and the pressure is at 32 and the pump is not kicking in. It's not moving from 32 either.
That's bad isn't it? Shouldn't the pump kick in after running the water for 10 minutes?
Not necessarily broke. The pump will fill up a holding tank that's got an air bladder in the top. The bladder compresses as the tank fills, and maintains pressure while the tank empties. When it gets empty enough, the pump runs and fills it back up.
Loosened corrosion inside the pipes are OK for human consumtion (technically) but as noted don't do any laundry till it's cleared up.
Dang! I cannot believe nobody has thought of this!
IS THERE A DEAD PERSON BLEEDING IN THE WELL! You better go slide on down in there with a rope around your waist just in case and check.
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