How to treat a well with alot of iron , that plugs your pump & hose?

[j_kuset]

Well is 118 Ft. deep with a 1/2 H.P. submersible pump , that draws water to a trough to water cattle. Some suggest to shock the well with acid & or chlorine. Need some suggestions. Thanks Jim

[thewrangler_sw]

If its actually plugging up your hose and pump... are you sure its iron? You may have a lime problem. We did... we could let a garden hose run for 15 minutes and have a pile of brown silt where we let it sit. Come to find out, it was lime. It could plug up a whole house filter in less than 2 minutes, hehehe.

You can get a test kit from your local county health department, and they can tell you what it is for certain, and may even be able to give you some tips on how to remedy it.

If it is lime... you're probably going to need to drill a new well, or redrill that one, to get down past the lime pocket. You might get away with adding pea gravel to the bottom, to act as a 'filter' depending on where your pump sits in the well, and the actual water level.

I'd suggest testing the water, talk to someone at the DNR (they keep track of all the wells drilled, and may know what others are doing in your area that might help), and even have a well driller come out to look at it.

Good Luck

[hey_yall]

iron? wow thats alot of iron. i dont think shocking the well is going to stop iron the only thing i can think of is a deeper well