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Hi, hope someone has some ideas...Located on the Cumblerland Plateau in east middle Tennessee on limestone bedrock...Tons of water in our area, good wells.
Drilled 9-2014...for my new house.. Good driller with good rep, this is our sixth well drilled in 25 years and 5 properties..140' with 42' steel casing. Great well, clean, clear, estimate after settling about 10gpm..Two years of perfect service. I am alone here, water some stock, water the plants, etc. Never a problem with quantity or quality even when I leave the hose on by accident for 15 hours.
We have been in a moderate to severe drought since May with an inch here and there to keep grass green. Trees are stressed..My ground varies from good mountain dirt to chert with red clay in spots. Driller says he hit rock at about 35'....I am a third of the way up the mountain with the valley below me, about 75' higher than the valley..I have a moderate slope on my property from the mountain behind me through where the well is drilled.
Last weekend we had an inch of gentle rain. Within an hour my water was fouled, cloudy, with a slight tinge of yellow, like really weak tea. I was shocked. Quantity was not affected despite running water for almost an hour. I kept a glass on the counter overnight. The toilet in the morning had a slight sediment ring. Nothing settled out in the glass. By afternoon the water had cleared. Ok for a day. Rained again slightly two days later, immediately had the same thing happen. Less 'color' but still cloudy...Drew a glass and left it overnight. 12 hours later there was red sediment in the bottom of the glass, and the water still was not 'clear' despite the settling out of the debri...Water cleared a bit after awhile but still cloudy with no color...Next day same thing, cloudy..Ran about 60 gallons to a stock tank on day three...water got color after than, quantity and pressure stayed excellent. Color dissipated after several hours to almost imperceptible yet still cloudy...Well guy is stumped. Most water in this area comes from underground streams running through the limestone karst. Below me is a nursery with four wells for irrigation. He's been watering ALOT. but has before this summer as well...No clue as to whether we are on the same water source considering I am above him and the last residence before the mountain top. No blasting, no wells behind me has occurred....any ideas would be appreciated..
update...it gets weirder and weirder.....Sunday, Sept 18, I ran the all my sprinklers for two hours in the morning. Plus it rained halfway through that. Within 90 mn my water went back to normal, crystal clear...Has stayed that way through Sunday, Monday, and this morning UNTIL 8 am....slightly cloudy with no discernable color....so apparently it is NOT the rain that is causing the fouling since we got well over an inch and it had no effect on the water quality, while in the past the rain amounts were much less, so coincidence I believe...Thoughts???
What about a cave in at the bottom of my well? With running the water full bored for two hours perhaps that cleaned out the well for a time? No debris, just slightly cloudy. I am so stumped and so is my well guy. A friend who's had wells for decades suggested pulling the pump up some from it's position 10' above the well bottom...
Water has stayed clear for 48 hours then woke to cloudy then slight yellow with sediment morning of the 20th.Ran out and put on the sprinklers, and oila, one hour later I have clear water again...
am keeping water samples of each stage and a log of time and what I've done...
Well guy seems annoyed at my contact now and doesn't seem interested in coming out and checking this....
Drilled 9-2014...for my new house.. Good driller with good rep, this is our sixth well drilled in 25 years and 5 properties..140' with 42' steel casing. Great well, clean, clear, estimate after settling about 10gpm..Two years of perfect service. I am alone here, water some stock, water the plants, etc. Never a problem with quantity or quality even when I leave the hose on by accident for 15 hours.
We have been in a moderate to severe drought since May with an inch here and there to keep grass green. Trees are stressed..My ground varies from good mountain dirt to chert with red clay in spots. Driller says he hit rock at about 35'....I am a third of the way up the mountain with the valley below me, about 75' higher than the valley..I have a moderate slope on my property from the mountain behind me through where the well is drilled.
Last weekend we had an inch of gentle rain. Within an hour my water was fouled, cloudy, with a slight tinge of yellow, like really weak tea. I was shocked. Quantity was not affected despite running water for almost an hour. I kept a glass on the counter overnight. The toilet in the morning had a slight sediment ring. Nothing settled out in the glass. By afternoon the water had cleared. Ok for a day. Rained again slightly two days later, immediately had the same thing happen. Less 'color' but still cloudy...Drew a glass and left it overnight. 12 hours later there was red sediment in the bottom of the glass, and the water still was not 'clear' despite the settling out of the debri...Water cleared a bit after awhile but still cloudy with no color...Next day same thing, cloudy..Ran about 60 gallons to a stock tank on day three...water got color after than, quantity and pressure stayed excellent. Color dissipated after several hours to almost imperceptible yet still cloudy...Well guy is stumped. Most water in this area comes from underground streams running through the limestone karst. Below me is a nursery with four wells for irrigation. He's been watering ALOT. but has before this summer as well...No clue as to whether we are on the same water source considering I am above him and the last residence before the mountain top. No blasting, no wells behind me has occurred....any ideas would be appreciated..
update...it gets weirder and weirder.....Sunday, Sept 18, I ran the all my sprinklers for two hours in the morning. Plus it rained halfway through that. Within 90 mn my water went back to normal, crystal clear...Has stayed that way through Sunday, Monday, and this morning UNTIL 8 am....slightly cloudy with no discernable color....so apparently it is NOT the rain that is causing the fouling since we got well over an inch and it had no effect on the water quality, while in the past the rain amounts were much less, so coincidence I believe...Thoughts???
What about a cave in at the bottom of my well? With running the water full bored for two hours perhaps that cleaned out the well for a time? No debris, just slightly cloudy. I am so stumped and so is my well guy. A friend who's had wells for decades suggested pulling the pump up some from it's position 10' above the well bottom...
Water has stayed clear for 48 hours then woke to cloudy then slight yellow with sediment morning of the 20th.Ran out and put on the sprinklers, and oila, one hour later I have clear water again...
am keeping water samples of each stage and a log of time and what I've done...
Well guy seems annoyed at my contact now and doesn't seem interested in coming out and checking this....