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>>Water from new sandpoint in Northeastern Wisconsin is >>fine sometimes, fades to nothing other times. Latest >>discovery is that when we put in a new filter, water >>flow is great but two or three days later it >>disappears. Seems that the filter gunks up that >>quickly, with grains of clay (?) apparently from the >>well (?). Will this problem go away by itself? How >>soon? Any way to make it go away fast? > >Run it. If it really is the filter jamming up and it >isn't running out of water, then taking the filter off >and letting it run is best. > >But, did you do anything to develop this well before >you started using it? Bailing and surging, using >compressed air, or overpumping are methods of well >development. But be warned, after development, things >will probably get worse before they get better. > >For an excellent article about well development from a >school for pros, see this article in a rather large >PDF file: ><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >href="http://welldrillingschool.com/courses/pdf/welldev >elopment.pdf">http://welldrillingschool.com/courses/pdf >/welldevelopment.pdf</a> > >skim down to page 10, "Washing and Backwashing."

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