Al Launier
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Yesterday morning my wife & I woke up to no water. Turns out the well pump motor died. Called an Artesian well company to see if they could respond to our water emergency. They could & would. After telling them to come on over, I had to snow blow/shovel 2' of compacted snow to provide a 4'-5' wide access path around the well head for the equipment that was coming. What a job!
Of course the well head was on a 10' dia. landscaped island that was fully grown in with Rhododendrons & a 4x4 pole to which was mounted a large 16" dia. cast iron antique bell that weighs a "ton". Unfortunately, the post was next to the well pipe (of course had to place it centrally to the islnad). Rhodos had to be cut down & I had to take a chain saw to the bell post to allow the "machine" room to sit over the well pipe to draw out the hose. The service guy came & replaced the pump & motor in less than two hours. Well done!
Back in business, but first I had to attach a garden hose to the base of the water tank & run the well water out to the driveway for 4-6 hours to clear out the chlorine that the service guy had dumped into the well (state law requirement) to kill off any residual bacteria.; had to do this before water could be released for house use. Well, I decided to be safe & ran it for 6 hrs. Wife & I could still barely smell the chlorine & the water was clear. Decided to run it another hour & the chlorine smell was gone, or so light we had to guess if we could actually detect the smell. Good to go! Removed the hose around 7pm & released the water to the house. What a day, nothing like waking up to a $1,600 bill! Time to catch up on water related duties. Life is good again.
Woke up this morning & no water. What the hell? Turns out the back-flush sediment filters (500 & 1000 mesh) had stopped the flow. The 500 primary filter was plugged solid with manganese & the 1000 secondary filter had trapped some particles as well. Fortunately, the filters did their job. Changed out the filters and we're back in business. JoAnn started a wash & we could both smell chlorine. Back to the garden hose to flush out the well water again. Will flush for 4 more hours & check the results. Used part of our emergency water supply to rinse out/dilute the chlorine from the clothing that had been soaked in the chlorinated water, and to make breakfast & coffee. Oh well, time to play on the computer.
Of course the well head was on a 10' dia. landscaped island that was fully grown in with Rhododendrons & a 4x4 pole to which was mounted a large 16" dia. cast iron antique bell that weighs a "ton". Unfortunately, the post was next to the well pipe (of course had to place it centrally to the islnad). Rhodos had to be cut down & I had to take a chain saw to the bell post to allow the "machine" room to sit over the well pipe to draw out the hose. The service guy came & replaced the pump & motor in less than two hours. Well done!
Back in business, but first I had to attach a garden hose to the base of the water tank & run the well water out to the driveway for 4-6 hours to clear out the chlorine that the service guy had dumped into the well (state law requirement) to kill off any residual bacteria.; had to do this before water could be released for house use. Well, I decided to be safe & ran it for 6 hrs. Wife & I could still barely smell the chlorine & the water was clear. Decided to run it another hour & the chlorine smell was gone, or so light we had to guess if we could actually detect the smell. Good to go! Removed the hose around 7pm & released the water to the house. What a day, nothing like waking up to a $1,600 bill! Time to catch up on water related duties. Life is good again.
Woke up this morning & no water. What the hell? Turns out the back-flush sediment filters (500 & 1000 mesh) had stopped the flow. The 500 primary filter was plugged solid with manganese & the 1000 secondary filter had trapped some particles as well. Fortunately, the filters did their job. Changed out the filters and we're back in business. JoAnn started a wash & we could both smell chlorine. Back to the garden hose to flush out the well water again. Will flush for 4 more hours & check the results. Used part of our emergency water supply to rinse out/dilute the chlorine from the clothing that had been soaked in the chlorinated water, and to make breakfast & coffee. Oh well, time to play on the computer.
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