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Posted by DS on August 8, 2005, 8:49 am
I wonder if perhaps you are using too fine a filter. How many microns is it?
I have two sediment filters back to back. I put a 20 micron cartridge in the
first and a 5 micron cartridge in the second. I have to replace them every
couple of months.
ds
> Hi,
>
> I have a drilled well and about one year ago I had to have my pump
> replaced. After the new pump was installed I had to have a UV light
> with a sediment filter installed to get rid of bacteria. We could not
> get rid of the bacteria after shocking it several times - perhaps a
> torn lining or something when the new pump was installed.
>
> Anyway, things were great at first and then very slowly over time we
> noticed a decrease in water pressure until about to two weeks ago it
> was so bad that after 30 mins of running water in the bathtub it was
> not even half full. So someone asked if we checked our sediment filter
> (this is all new to us and we hadn't even thought of that). Anyway,
> sure enough soon as we put a new one on everything was wonderful again.
> Well, after just 1 week our water pressure has gone almost as bad as it
> was before changing the filter.
>
> We're not positive but we think that our pump is sitting about 40ft
> from the bottom of the well (the well is 320ft deep). Is 40ft enough
> from the bottom that it shouldn't be sucking up anything from the
> bottom of the well? Before we had the sediment filter installed a year
> ago, our water always looked really clear. Could the possible rip in
> the lining be causing sediment to "fall" into our well? Does anyone
> have any suggestions as to why all the sediment all of a sudden, and if
> this is just 'normal' do we have any other options besides changing
> this filter once a week?
>
> Thanks
>
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