Cleaning wells - the necessary procedure

You can dig and equip a well with your own hands without using special equipment and without attracting a team of skilled workers. Also cleaning the wells themselves does not require any special skills, except for compliance with basic safety requirements.

Water wells, like sewer wells, are arranged according to the same principle and are made of the same materials, therefore the causes of clogging, their signs and methods of elimination are approximately the same.

Causes of wells clogged

The presence of the well gives the owners of country houses and suburban areas full independence and autonomy, and also provides good quality water in the required quantity. With the development of technology, wells have gradually come into use, which have become available thanks to the invention of innovative drilling methods.

However, the wells have not lost their relevance and continue to be actively used, since they have a number of significant advantages, such as:

• relatively low cost of installation;
• ease of maintenance and repair;
• long service life.

During operation, clogging of the well is a natural phenomenon, which leads to a decrease in the capacity of the sewage system, reducing the volume and quality of water. The cost of cleaning the well will depend on the type of clogging, the depth of the mine and the degree of contamination.

The most common causes of clogging are:

• bottom filter clogged for the well;

• violation of the tightness of the mine;
• large debris from outside;
• irregular use of the source.

In order to find out how much it costs to clean the well on your site, you need to identify the cause of the clogging and determine how to fix it.

The cause can be determined independently by a number of external signs or call a qualified specialist who will check all the options and tell you the exact cause of contamination - will recommend the most effective cleaning method, however, the cost of such a diagnosis of the source may not suit everyone.

In order to save money and independently find the cause, it is necessary to know the main signs of pollution, which by their presence directly indicate the cause.

Signs of contaminated well

The main signs of contamination of the well and the need to clean or repair it are:

• turbidity of the water;
• the presence of leaves or other external debris;
• water takes on a greenish or rusty color;
• sewage odor and similar taste;
• decrease in throughput (in sewer mines).

For your information: The cause of water turbidity is most often a violation of the tightness of the mine or clogging of the bottom filter, which consists of a layer of large gravel or pebbles. It is enough to take a good flashlight and shine into the well inspecting the shaft of the mine.

If you find wet drips at the mine, it means that there is a violation of the tightness of the seams between the plates and the water pipe falls into the well. If the shaft is dry, it is necessary to clean or replace the bottom filter.

Here it is possible to clean the well on its own without the involvement of specialists. Also, if the bottom filter is broken on clay soil, the water acquires a characteristic rusty color.

If the water gets a greenish tint, it indicates the presence of algae in the source. Algae usually appear when sunlight enters the well, which provokes the development and flowering of the aquatic flora. The cost of cleaning wells in such cases includes not only the removal of algae, but also the disinfection of the source.

The smell of sewage indicates the ingress into the source of the nearest wastewater or the decomposition of organic matter that has fallen into the water. This happens when the sewage system is located near the water source, its tightness was disturbed as a result of clogging and the wastewater went into the ground, getting into your aquifer. In such cases, it is necessary to clean the sewer wells and disinfect the source of fresh water.

Methods for cleaning wells

At the moment, there are several ways to clean the sources, which are applicable only to wells, due to the presence of a wide mine.

The technology of cleaning wells provides two ways:

• manual cleaning method;
• cleaning with a drainage pump.

So, consider the methods in more detail:

1. Hand cleaning requires specific equipment and safety knowledge. For this work, you can attract and specialized teams, after knowing how much it costs to clean the well in your particular case. If your source is not deeper than 10 meters and there is the necessary equipment, then it is quite possible to do the cleaning yourself.

To do this you will need:

• pump with the lower fence (as in the photo) for pumping water;

• rubber boots;
• stairs;
• safety cable;
• bucket and brush for metal;
• one or two handlers.

The essence of the event is extremely simple, lower the ladder to the bottom, after pumping out all the water, fall on the safety cable, and with a brush on the metal you begin to clean the walls of the well, washing it off with water.

After the walls are cleaned, rinse the bottom filter or change it to a new one. This completes the manual cleaning. Each well is accompanied by instructions with its technical specifications, where you need to indicate the date of each cleaning.

1. Cleaning the Abyssinian well with a drainage pump will require two units:

• drainage pump for pumping dirty water;

• submersible pump for pumping water.

This method cleans only the bottom filter from silt. The principle of operation lies in the fact that the drainage pump is used exclusively to stir up bottom sediments, and the deep well pump pumps it all to the surface.

The drainage pump is lowered to the bottom and turned on for 15-20 minutes, then the deep well is switched on and all the water is pumped out. Next, you need to wait until the well is refilled and do the procedure again. This is done before the complete purification of water.

Conclusion

As you can see, both methods are as simple as possible in action, and everyone can use them to bring their source to a proper state without resorting to the help of third-party companies.

It is also useful to see the video in this article.