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Well Problems ngeinger 09-19-2007
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Posted by Oren on September 19, 2007, 8:05 pm
wrote:

>on 9/19/2007 4:22 PM ngeinger@gmail.com said the following:
>> We drilled our well 6years ago and there were no problems. Now in the
>> past year our production has gone done a lot, and we recently retested
>> the water and it has high levels of sodium and fluoride were they do
>> not recommend we drink or cook with it. So we had a drilling company
>> come and took a look and he examined the substance we get from our
>> filter and said it was surface sand which was not a good sign. He
>> decided to shock the well and see if that would help. So I went to go
>> and pump out the well after letting it sit for 12hours and the water
>> only ran for 45 minutes and that was it, and since then after letting
>> the well recover(8hours) the water only pumps out for 15-20minutes.
>> So now I am looking for others opinions before we spend a bunch of
>> money drilling a new well or deepening the exsisting one. There are
>> so many different things that could be the problem, but I don't know
>> were to start.
>> Thanks for your time,
>> Natasha
>>
>>
>My well was drilled in 1984 by a well known well driller Co. for this
>area. Guess what? They brought in a 'dowser', the guy with the forked
>stick who is supposed to find underground water. I went along with it,
>not believing that it would work. They went down 325' where the guy
>said, and I have never lost any water pressure since.

Here we go.. Truth - I watched a gas company person in the past few
months pull out some wires. He was looking for "gas lines" to service
the first house on the street. Even went to the dumpster for wire
sizes and parts needed.

The line was marked many feet away.
--
Oren

"I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you."

Posted by willshak on September 19, 2007, 8:13 pm
on 9/19/2007 8:05 PM Oren said the following:
> wrote:
>
>
>> on 9/19/2007 4:22 PM ngeinger@gmail.com said the following:
>>
>>> We drilled our well 6years ago and there were no problems. Now in the
>>> past year our production has gone done a lot, and we recently retested
>>> the water and it has high levels of sodium and fluoride were they do
>>> not recommend we drink or cook with it. So we had a drilling company
>>> come and took a look and he examined the substance we get from our
>>> filter and said it was surface sand which was not a good sign. He
>>> decided to shock the well and see if that would help. So I went to go
>>> and pump out the well after letting it sit for 12hours and the water
>>> only ran for 45 minutes and that was it, and since then after letting
>>> the well recover(8hours) the water only pumps out for 15-20minutes.
>>> So now I am looking for others opinions before we spend a bunch of
>>> money drilling a new well or deepening the exsisting one. There are
>>> so many different things that could be the problem, but I don't know
>>> were to start.
>>> Thanks for your time,
>>> Natasha
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> My well was drilled in 1984 by a well known well driller Co. for this
>> area. Guess what? They brought in a 'dowser', the guy with the forked
>> stick who is supposed to find underground water. I went along with it,
>> not believing that it would work. They went down 325' where the guy
>> said, and I have never lost any water pressure since.
>>
>
> Here we go.. Truth - I watched a gas company person in the past few
> months pull out some wires. He was looking for "gas lines" to service
> the first house on the street. Even went to the dumpster for wire
> sizes and parts needed.
>
> The line was marked many feet away.
> --
> Oren
>
> "I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you."
>

I read your response many times over, and all I have to say is "What
does it have to do with wells?"

--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

Posted by Meat Plow on September 19, 2007, 10:03 pm
On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:13:43 -0400, willshak wrote:

> on 9/19/2007 8:05 PM Oren said the following:
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> on 9/19/2007 4:22 PM ngeinger@gmail.com said the following:
>>>
>>>> We drilled our well 6years ago and there were no problems. Now in the
>>>> past year our production has gone done a lot, and we recently retested
>>>> the water and it has high levels of sodium and fluoride were they do
>>>> not recommend we drink or cook with it. So we had a drilling company
>>>> come and took a look and he examined the substance we get from our
>>>> filter and said it was surface sand which was not a good sign. He
>>>> decided to shock the well and see if that would help. So I went to go
>>>> and pump out the well after letting it sit for 12hours and the water
>>>> only ran for 45 minutes and that was it, and since then after letting
>>>> the well recover(8hours) the water only pumps out for 15-20minutes.
>>>> So now I am looking for others opinions before we spend a bunch of
>>>> money drilling a new well or deepening the exsisting one. There are
>>>> so many different things that could be the problem, but I don't know
>>>> were to start.
>>>> Thanks for your time,
>>>> Natasha
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> My well was drilled in 1984 by a well known well driller Co. for this
>>> area. Guess what? They brought in a 'dowser', the guy with the forked
>>> stick who is supposed to find underground water. I went along with it,
>>> not believing that it would work. They went down 325' where the guy
>>> said, and I have never lost any water pressure since.
>>>
>>
>> Here we go.. Truth - I watched a gas company person in the past few
>> months pull out some wires. He was looking for "gas lines" to service
>> the first house on the street. Even went to the dumpster for wire
>> sizes and parts needed.
>>
>> The line was marked many feet away.
>> --
>> Oren
>>
>> "I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you."
>>
>
> I read your response many times over, and all I have to say is "What
> does it have to do with wells?"

I would assume the poster was replying to the wrong post.

Posted by dpb on September 20, 2007, 12:06 am
Meat Plow wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:13:43 -0400, willshak wrote:
>
>> on 9/19/2007 8:05 PM Oren said the following:
>>> wrote:
...
>>>> My well was drilled in 1984 by a well known well driller Co. for this
>>>> area. Guess what? They brought in a 'dowser', ...
...
>>> Here we go.. Truth - I watched a gas company person in the past few
>>> months pull out some wires. He was looking for "gas lines" to service
>>> the first house on the street. Even went to the dumpster for wire
>>> sizes and parts needed.
>>>
>>> The line was marked many feet away.
...

>> I read your response many times over, and all I have to say is "What
>> does it have to do with wells?"
>
> I would assume the poster was replying to the wrong post.

No, he was expressing doubt of the effectiveness dousing...

Or, in another vein, "Even a blind hog finds an acorn on occasion..."

--

Posted by willshak on September 20, 2007, 12:14 am
on 9/20/2007 12:06 AM dpb said the following:
> Meat Plow wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:13:43 -0400, willshak wrote:
>>
>>> on 9/19/2007 8:05 PM Oren said the following:
>>>> wrote:
> ....
>>>>> My well was drilled in 1984 by a well known well driller Co. for
>>>>> this area. Guess what? They brought in a 'dowser', ...
> ....
>>>> Here we go.. Truth - I watched a gas company person in the past few
>>>> months pull out some wires. He was looking for "gas lines" to service
>>>> the first house on the street. Even went to the dumpster for wire
>>>> sizes and parts needed.
>>>> The line was marked many feet away.
> ....
>
>>> I read your response many times over, and all I have to say is "What
>>> does it have to do with wells?"
>>
>> I would assume the poster was replying to the wrong post.
>
> No, he was expressing doubt of the effectiveness dousing...
Using electrical wires to find a gas line?

>
> Or, in another vein, "Even a blind hog finds an acorn on occasion..."
>
> --


--

Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
To email, remove the double zeroes after @

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