The water alternated between off color and clear.
Clearing muddy well water.
However if the muddy conditions continue for more than a week it s time to take some water samples and determine if water treatment could clarify the water.
This can occur when alum or gypsum is concentrated in layers.
The well water is getting contaminated.
The gravel will keep the silt down and when someone drops a bucket on a rope down to the bottom of the well it will be less.
Clearing muddy water factors causing muddy water include watershed erosion wave action large populations of bullhead or carp and livestock wading into the water.
But you can t compact sand.
Depending on the type and age of the well there could be several reasons that well water suddenly becomes dirty or contaminated.
For most situations good clay is needed for a pond to hold water.
If a well is serving up cloudy muddy water it may have too much silt at the bottom.
The simple bucket test.
Fortunately water testing is simple and inexpensive using the simple bucket test.
Correcting these problems by planting riparian vegetative buffer strips using rotenone to remove undesirable fish and fencing off livestock can allow the material to settle to the.
By bob lusk.
Welp our well is full of colloidal clay and sulfur.
Look at sand for comparison.
The reason clay compacts so well is because its particles are so small.
Routine maintenance and water testing to check for chemical balance and unwanted contaminants will help ensure clean water and a longer well life.
There s a few ways to deal with it here s how we are starting to try and clear up t.
Visibility would reach acceptable levels then muddy up again.
Send an intrepid digger down there with a shovel to dig out the silt and debris then put a layer of gravel at the bottom of the well.
Water at the top may appear to be clearing but as the added materials begin to dilute the water returns to its muddy status.
Missouri department of conservation fisheries division p o.
Fill two 5 gallon buckets with water from your pond.
Box 180 jefferson city mo 65109.
Reprinted with permission from pond boss.
A particle of sand is much larger you can see the grains of sand.
You may do this by calling 573 751 4115 e mailing conservation state mo us or writing.
