Sediment and discolored well water - no smell.?

Question

We have a well, and yesterday let our hose run for about two hours to put just over an inch of water in a 15 foot diameter pool. The water was fine, then about an hour after we'd shut off the hose, the water out of the tap in the house began running steel gray and had black dirt / metallic sediment, than left a brown streak when smeared. What is going on here? It's still cloudy this morning.

Answer 1

when you drain a well, it causes sediment to get stirred up as it refills.  It may take a couple of days before it all settles if you don't completely drain it again.  If it does get drained again, it will take even longer to go away.  You'll just have to live with it for a while.

Answer 2

Sounds like a good possibility that you've got a broken screen on the wellpoint.   They last a long time in most areas, but not forever.  If the screen breaks, you can get sand, dirt, just plain gunk into the system real quick.  All the flushing you could do won't help.  Best bet is to get a good, reliable well person out to check it out.   Just as a point of reference, I've lived in the country my whole life, every house we've ever been in has had a well and a pump, never, ever have we had one run out of water.

Answer 3

Don't know, but I would get a water sample in some place and get it tested.  Next, I would go get an inline filter and put on your line.  Next I would be careful of using the water until you know what its like.  I've put a water softener on my unit and it helps.  It won't keep the crud out though.