How to shake a well

Ensuring the uninterrupted water supply of a private home is an important issue to be addressed by the owner. The development of technology allows you to do this by drilling a well, for which you need to find a suitable place. In this case, you can equip the water supply system of any type. However, it is not enough just to drill a well. It must be properly prepared. One of the stages of this work is the so-called source buildup. How to shake a well, will be discussed below.

Description of the question

First, it is necessary to say a few words about why carrying out the process mentioned is generally necessary. The fact is that after drilling inside the well there is a large amount of contaminants from which the well must be cleaned. These are soil particles caught in the course of work, and sand-clay slurry resulting from drilling and small mud that settles at the bottom of the well. Those who have seen the liquid coming from the hose immediately after drilling will confirm that it is only visually obvious that it is impossible to drink such water and the filters cannot cope with these contaminants. That is why the so-called well buildup is necessary.

Authorities need to legalize the well.

Rules of work

Work on the buildup of the well is the repeated full pumping of water from the well with the help of special tools. In principle, the process is not particularly difficult, and therefore it can be completely done by hand without the involvement of specialists. But at the same time it is necessary to know a number of rules that should be observed when working.

• It is necessary to pump out water from a well with a simple submersible pump. Such a choice is optimal, since after work it is unlikely to be used due to pollution. For these reasons, the main pumping station should not be used.
• The time of the work depends on a number of factors, among which are the diameter and depth of the well, pumping power, diameter of pipes, soil characteristics and so on. In other words, it is necessary to pump out water until clean water flows out of the pipes. On average, the pumping time is several hours, but in some cases the process can take a day or more.
• The pump used to build up the well should be lowered as low as possible to the bottom of the well, but should not be overdone, because if you touch the bottom, the pump will become clogged with sand and clay, and cleaning will take time. On the other hand, the pump should not be located too high, as in this case the buildup will not be carried out completely, which is also undesirable. In order to understand how to set the depth of a well correctly, it should be measured as accurately as possible. On average, the optimal depth of the pump for pumping a well is about 40 cm from its bottom.
• During the work it is necessary to take care of the organization of the drainage of pumped water. If you do not drain the dirty water far enough away from the work site, then it can get back by leaking through the soil.
• Bleeding must be carried out with a submersible pump of the highest power possible.
• The pumping process itself should be carried out at intervals of 30–40 minutes to clean the pump from clogging up with dirt.

All work on pumping out contaminated water should be carried out only after work on its installation. Earlier it does not make sense to pump a well, because if, for example, the upper casing ring is to be installed, then dirt particles will still get inside and all the work will have to be repeated.

Fight with quicksand

Among other things, when drilling a well, you may encounter a problem because of the so-called floats. So called water-saturated sands, which can block access to aquifers. In order to prevent this phenomenon, immediately after drilling and installing the first casing ring or pipe, it is necessary to carry out intensive water pumping for some time. As a result, a dense layer of coarse sand is formed around the pipe, which will impede float. If time is missed, and the quicksand has already blocked the passage to the water, it must be broken up with a water jet, fed under pressure using a special pump, and then pumped as described above.

If we summarize all of the above, then the work on the buildup of the well is reduced to the fact that the pump is lowered into the well after drilling and the dirty water is pumped out. In principle, the well pumping technology is not highly complex, and the process may well be carried out independently. Of course, some nuances are present in the work, but if you wish, you can do the work even if there is iron in the water.

In order to put together the most complete picture of the upcoming works, you can familiarize yourself with the relevant videos on the subject in question.

Video

This video shows how to clean the well with your own hands: