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Common Well Complaints
  • Grit and rock flour
  • Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB)
  • Iron related bacteria (IRB)
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Common Well Complaints
  • Grit
    • Develop well
    • Pump shroud
    • Cyclonic filter
    • Serial filtration
  • Rock flour
    • Backwashing sediment filter
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Common Well Complaints
  • Sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB)
    • Disinfection - use enough @ proper pH
    • Repeat
    • Circulation and movement
  • Iron related bacteria (IRB)
    • Prevention - pump placement
    • Rehab - clean, line, and pump placement
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Indicators of Biological Problem
  • Slime on drop pipe and pump
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Butch’s Water Problems
  • Sample container on lab paperwork (left)
  • Sample container on blue notebook (right)
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Downhole Video Program
  • Video Inspection Goals
    • Note casing joints / total casing depth
    • Seasonal water level & static water level
    • Casing / rock seal
    • Pump location
    • Water production zones
    • Pumping water level
    • Locations for packer placement
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April Lane Well
  • Drilled in the 1960’s;  extended abovegrade
  • 96’+ deep and 20+ gpm
  • Pump @ 86’;  static level 26’
  • Water zones: 83½’ and  92Ύ’ to 95’
  • Drilled well from 110’ to 130’
  • Magnet measured 74’ galvanized casing
  • Installed packer to 81’; pump @ 75’
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April Lane Well
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Cleaning Out Well Casing
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Butch’s Well Rehab
  • Blowing out water from Butch’s well (left)
  • Water high in ferric sulfate flows over water high in iron slime. (right)  Good odor too!
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Cleaning Out Well Bottom
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Griffitts Well Packer
  • Vinyl PVC packer is bonded to 4” PVC pipe
  • Liner pipe is glued to upper end of packer
  • Outside diameter of fins is approximately 7”
  • As liner is installed in well, fins compress and seal against rock wall
  • Annular space above fins is filled with grout
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The Liner
  • 160psi liner pipe
  • 1st bell has been cut & saved
  • Griffits packer with Shale Trap installed on liner pipe
  • 121’ liner to be installed in well
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"Well with Liner"
  • Well with Liner
  • Deeper water is good
  • Seal-off small shallow zones
  • Packer/liner is installed to maximum depth practicable (81’)
  • Pump is installed to minimum depth practicable (75’)
  • Proper well disinfection is essential before pump installation
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Completed Rehab
  • Liner pipe held with Riser Clamp
  • Completed wellhead with 4” wellseal
  • Complete grout at later date
  • MockRock will be installed over wellhead
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April Lane Well
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"John Nykamp"
  • John Nykamp, R.S.
  • Environmental Health Program Specialist
  • Guilford County Public Health Department
  • 400 W. Market St
  • Greensboro, N.C. 27401
  • (336)641-4807   (336)641-7613
  • FAX   (336)641-3730
  • jnykamp@co.guilford.nc.us
  • Well Contractor Certification Commissioner
  • http://www.ncwelldriller.org/