Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2016 14:24:43 GMT
If I wanted to check on the well I'd call the original well driller first. He probably is the best source of information about problems like other drilling activity, dynamite and gravel pits, or even his experience with a water table that is possibly lower. Unless the well is drilled into an aquifer like limestone the possibility of such activity is lower I would think. Maybe a lower water table, but that question is beyond me, but since you say it needed fracking to get a good water flow the possibility is there.
Around here well drillers are really busy. Getting one to talk about coming out to explore possibilities is difficult. Problem solving doesn't pay as much money as his bread and butter drilling activities do. Just let him know you know this and you're looking for a direction to go in solving the problem. A well has two depth measurements; one for the depth of the hole and one for the top of the water column in the hole. To re-measure the depth of the top of the water column may give a good clue about an avenue of approach.
I had a problem similar to this a few years back. I contacted the driller and he came out to take a look and found my pressure tank was rusting out from the inside. A new tank and I was good to go. Hopefully your problem will be as easy a fix as mine.
Around here well drillers are really busy. Getting one to talk about coming out to explore possibilities is difficult. Problem solving doesn't pay as much money as his bread and butter drilling activities do. Just let him know you know this and you're looking for a direction to go in solving the problem. A well has two depth measurements; one for the depth of the hole and one for the top of the water column in the hole. To re-measure the depth of the top of the water column may give a good clue about an avenue of approach.
I had a problem similar to this a few years back. I contacted the driller and he came out to take a look and found my pressure tank was rusting out from the inside. A new tank and I was good to go. Hopefully your problem will be as easy a fix as mine.