Water

I grew up near the coast of North Carolina and we always had a well. What I remember was the smell and the color. The water was yellowish orange and the smell was that of rotten eggs.

When we moved in here we had our water tested. It is extremely high in sodium and bicarbonate. You could see salt sediment on some of the land as we drove by.  We had a filter added at the well, a whole house filter and reverse osmosis in the kitchen. That should do it right?

Recently the well died and we were without water for three weeks. So we hauled water in, went to the gym for showers and to family and laundry .

We were told we needed a new well after we found out a wire had snapped and no water was running.  We had called and gotten three bids and all had said the well was not installed properly.  All our bids were outrageously high. The fourth well and pump company came out and said, "You don't need a new well. We can fix this and you will be up and running in two days."  It was more like four days but how can I complain? This company saved us thousands of dollars and another month of no water. Our water is known for high salt content and coal sediment.  So after it was fixed we had to run the hose for a while to get all the black stuff out.

 

We have gotten most of the black specks out but we are still not completely there yet. Here is our water from the unfiltered faucets this morning.  

 

The installation caused the water below to become stirred up , that plus the rain and snow last night always seems to add the discolor.

(We won't waste this. It will go on the trees.)

 

 

At least it is NOT doing this -no fracking issues here !: