Just asking people with wells on any problems and how they maintain them.

We had a well dug on our small bit of farmland, they found water at 13 metre, OK I thought not that deep then,  so they installed sealed concrete rings to the surface.

It was pumping clear water very good for couple of years then it got cloudy with clay, got worse and eventually the pump clogged up.

After measurements the clay is 3.1/2 metre deep from original bottom.

Has anyone have suggestions as how to go about bringing the well back to life and proper use.

I have some practical simple ideas but they would not be how a well should be. 

 

you mean dynamite 555 ... my friend has one on his property and is facing the same problem with reddish water, looks like clay and he was told the well is almost dry, lack of rain, unfortunately no plausible solution was offered to him

I just called him as to inquire about the options/solutions and he's having a local water specialist or a guy who drills wells stopping by later today, if anything interesting comes up will drop you a line, the guy leaves in a remote area, 3 days no water no power

19 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

I just called him as to inquire about the options/solutions and he's having a local water specialist or a guy who drills wells stopping by later today, if anything interesting comes up will drop you a line, the guy leaves in a remote area, 3 days no water no power

Thanks, we can get mains water but it gets expensive watering a large area the well suited our needs.

Our well was dug out manually it's 1.&1/2 m circular wide.

Guess drilling further down to get water from hitting rock would better and the answer.

The clay in the way will be the problem I think.

 

We have had similar problems (clay "dust") with our bore hole and my feeling is that it is related to especially active rainy season.  After a few weeks, the clay residue seems to settle and back to normal.  That said, it has never clogged our jet pump.

2 hours ago, bankruatsteve said:

We have had similar problems (clay "dust") with our bore hole and my feeling is that it is related to especially active rainy season.  After a few weeks, the clay residue seems to settle and back to normal.  That said, it has never clogged our jet pump.

Thanks Steve but as you say bore hole we don't have that, maybe that's our problems. 

The well needs to be cleaned. We pay and send the Burmese down to clean ours every two or three years.

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1 hour ago, ad61 said:

The well needs to be cleaned. We pay and send the Burmese down to clean ours every two or three years.

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Does he come back.

Does he come back.

Sure, he is one of our tapper [emoji1]

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If the OP has a deeper 4 inch or 6 inch well drilled he might consider a submersible well pump. Plenty of choices in Thailand for a/c well pumps including Grundfos, Mitsubishi, Franklin Electric, Mercury, Hitachi.  No shortage of companies selling D/C brushless submersible well pumps. What has proven successful in the long term for me in Buriram is the right firm to install the well pumps I have on a couple of parcels of my wife's land. In any province in Thailand the after the sales service, real warranty support and who the heck does the installation does matter. I understand why some water pumps have 30/30 warranties. 30 seconds or 30 meters after you depart the store as they are junk made up brand pumps. Any legitimate Isaan water pump installer will be able to provide local expat references of satisfied customers if you take the time to meet face to face with the installer in my observation. Same deal in seeing existing solar hot water system installations in person before you invest your hard earned baht. No need to reinvent the wheel or be the first guy to buy an unknown brand which may or may not have warranty support after a few months.