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Posted by Jason T. Mason on August 06, 2004 at 20:38:21 from (209.188.109.19):
This has nothing to do with tractors, but there are some good experiences out there, so---My well has gone from a recovery rate of 15+ gpm down to 3 gpm lately. It is 85 feet deep with a 5" pvc casing and a 4' woven pvc screen at the bottom. Consensus among brilliant minds is that my screen is plugging with a growth of iron bacteria and calcium. My current plan is to pull the pitless and submersible pump and drop a pipe with a round (chimney sweep type) wire brush attached to it to the bottom and scrub the inside of the screen with an up and down motion, while injecting compressed air (100 psi) down the pipe and out through small holes drilled through the circumference of the pipe just above the brush. I'm hoping this will dislodge and float off any material that may be attached to the inside of the screen. That being done, I plan on forcing hypochlorite down through the pipe and out the holes with low pressure air and having it steep at the bottom of the well for 24 hrs. Then another scrub job and replacement of the plumbing and pump and pumping the bad water out into the neighbor's yard until it is fit to drink. Any thoughts????????????
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