Well water advice?

[Happy]

No wind turbines (yet). I hadn't thought of them causing that kind of damage but it makes perfect sense! I'm dropping a water sample off tomorrow and in the meantime we're on bottled water (bleghhhh!) for drinking/cooking and boiled for washing dishes. It's funny how you get used to the taste of your own water and nothing else quite tastes right. The water is completely clear again but given the crap (literally....human crap) that gets spread on fields around here I'm not taking any chances.

[Brebis]

They may recommend shocking it with chlorine too.

[Farrier1987]

The clay seal they talk about is about the most important thing in a drilled well. It does look like silt. Did it clear up at all after running it? Is there a smell issue? If it is silt, make sure you drain a few gallons out of your hot water tank after getting it cleared up. The silt there settles in the tank and then the heat transfer doesnt happen right and the tank will malfunction and need replacing sooner.

[Happy]

Thx for that tip @Farrier1987
The water looks clear now and there was no smell. Everything's frozen here again so we will see.

[ross]

We put a Homehardware in line water filter on ours between pump & taps . Took care of silt . Luck

[Killerbunny]

We have a coarse and fine filter on our drinking water because in the spring it can get a bit cloudy. We also had our well head extended as soon as we moved in. It cost around $250 to have a collar welded on 11years ago.

[Ontario Chick]

We have a coarse and fine filter on our drinking water because in the spring it can get a bit cloudy. We also had our well head extended as soon as we moved in. It cost around $250 to have a collar welded on 11years ago.

Hey, that must be the difference between city and country prices.

[G Williams]

If well water gets cloudy in the spring and clears up later, it is a clear indication of contamination. A bit of silt is not a big deal , but if silt can get in so can bacteria and viruses. The filters that Ross showed do a good job of removing silt but not bacteria or Viruses they also need to be maintained or they can grow bacteria. The ceramic filters that go under the sink will filter out bacteria but not viruses. Get a water sample taken for now and get a pitless adapter installed and the wellhead brought up to today's standards. I used to work in the water industry so I know something about it.

[Killerbunny]

We test every spring but it's negative.

[windwalkingwolf]

As a point of note, the water test kits you get from Health Units, ONLY test for coliforms/e.coli.. If you want to test for other bacteria, viruses or heavy metals, you will have to buy a special kit or contract a specialist. Both usually come from companies determined to sell you THEIR filters. Just so you know