Troubleshooting
Overview of diagnosing cloudy, brown, black, smelly, or sediment-laden well water. Use this as a starting point for understanding what your water is telling you.
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Air Bubbles in Well Water
She had watched a salesman spend two hours explaining why the tiny bubbles in her kitchen faucet meant her water needed a four-stage treatment skid, and she paid for the diagnostic visit before anyone so much as looked at her pressure tank. I got there the next week, attached a pressure meter to the outdoor…
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Black Specks in Well Water
Years ago I told a customer her water was safe because the specks settled out overnight. I had not sent a sample to the lab. That was my mistake, and I have not repeated it since. That call comes to mind whenever someone phones about black flecks in a glass of water. Black specks in…
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Well Water Appearance and Odor Problems
The jar was already sitting on my tailgate when I got out of the truck. Ruth had filled it that morning and driven it over herself, which she does not do unless something has her worried. She had a hand-dug well out east of town, an old one under a wooden lid, and the water…