well, 30 year old well problems.

[Brandon Barnic]

hey folks,

The contractor came for my well. The house has been vaccent for 30 years. The contractor said I need to drill a new well. Something I do not want to spend money on. Anyone have and tricks to get it to produce water again? Thanks!

[Russell Brooks]

@Brandon Barnic    Has the depth to groundwater dropped so you don't have the available water volume, is the well dry, or are you not getting the gallons per minute.  These are all important questions.  If the well is dry you are drilling deeper, if the well is not making water like it use to it could just be screen is clogged with minerals like iron or calcium and would need a chemical treatment to open the screen along.  Also you might be able to redevelopment the well which might unclog the screen.  If the water table has dropped and you dont have the volume you are back to drilling deeper unless you can pump at a lower gpm and still meet usage requirements.

If you can give me some feed back I can give you my 2 cents.