Domestic Well and/or Well Pump issues

[fairrpe86]

Hydro Resources out of Ft Lupton does good work. I am not sure how much residential work they do these days though.

[00tec]

My buddy used Ground Exploration for his repairs

[sbgixxer]

That sulfur smell you're getting is likely H2S (hydrogen sulfide), it's naturally occurring but not great. In large doses (probably not what you're getting) it can be fatal. For your drinking water, I'd recommend a small under sink 5-stage RO (reverse osmosis) system then it doesn't much matter what's in your water, RO takes it all out. They're relatively inexpensive and not terribly difficult to install (I've done six of them).

As a side note, chlorine oxidizes H2S resulting in sulfur and HCl (hydrochloric acid). As for the water softener and UV disinfectant, you may not need either. I work at a water treatment plant right out near where you are and the wells we use produce very good water. If it wasn't municipal, we could probably get away without treating it at all. We don't get much H2S though so I'm not sure where yours is coming from. There's very little hardness in our water so the softener might be unnecessary and the UV system is used to inactivate microscopic parasites like cryptosporidium and giardia. Since your water is coming from a ground water source, there's little concern with that. It's when you're using a surface water source that you really need to be concerned with inactivating parasites.

[NFATrustGuy]

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and advice.

I had a well service person come out yesterday. Turns out I’ve got a pretty modern constant pressure pump and controller. The only problem is that I managed to damage the pump when I went through the process of chlorinating the well to get rid of the sulpher smell.

After adding the chlorine bleach to the well, I circulated water at the full flow rate available via a garden hose poked back into the top of the well. This apparently stirred up enough silt and I left it run way too long and managed to ruin the impellers of the well pump which reduced its pumping capabilities.

The guy extracted the pump from about 135’ deep and installed a new pump. My wallet is significantly lighter, but I now have plenty of flow and was even able to take a shower while the sprinklers were running yesterday afternoon.

The backyard sprinkler system is still messed up, but that problem is independent and I’ll just have to get busy troubleshooting starting with the old string of above-ground valves and move onward from there. Fun times! Gotta love a rural, 1975 house with tons of deferred maintenance!

Rod

[kwando]

At least they didn't have to redrill. Just curious how much it was, as I am on a well also.

[NFATrustGuy]

The check I wrote this week was $2200. The guy used his truck-mounted hoist to extract the pump from about 130 feet deep. He installed a new Grundfos SQU 1-1/2hp 10gpm pump.

I probably got hosed, but I was frustrated and wanted it fixed and wasn’t in the mood to shop it to death.

[BladesNBarrels]

Doesn't sound like you were ripped off.
You were lucky to even get someone to show up.
You should be good for another 15 years.

[NFATrustGuy]

Thanks for the note. It makes me feel better to think that I didn’t get ripped off. The company I used is Boulder Water Well. The technician actually lives within 10 minutes of my house in rural Brighton. He was there at about 8am and just drove straight from his home. He seemed very knowledgeable and proficient at his job. I have nothing bad to say about the experience and I’m a tough guy to please.

Doesn't sound like you were ripped off.
You were lucky to even get someone to show up.
You should be good for another 15 years.