Hello everyone, I did search to see if anyone has had this particular problem and could not find it in the forum. I have underground power and lost 1 phase and had only 120 coming into the house. when this happened every thing 220 stopped working. To make a long story short the problem was in the ground before my meter close to the street, therefore duke energy's responsibility. The dug and fixed the electrical problem but ever since this my water pressure is extremly low dropping to almost 5 psi when I turn on the water. My question is can this have been caused by the losing of 1 phase and have caused permanent damage to my water pump or pressure switch? would I need to replace the pressure switch? Do you think I can file a claim against Duke energy since it was their electrical problem that caused it, if in fact it did. I had no problem with water pressure before this. Thanks!

We are in a new house and the well is just under a year old. It's around 100 feet deep into decomposed granite and old moraine deposits. Our lot is situated at the base of hills that head up into the mountains. The water that's come out of the well has never been clear. At times it's tolerably cloudy (kind of a whitish, milky color), but occasionally it's been very murky. We've noticed the water quality has decreased during heavy rain and during the spring snow melt. My wife and I have lived in our house about 11 months, but we are often away for work and travel a lot, so maybe our well has probably received less than 6 months of use. I haven't talked to anyone else in our neighborhood who's had problems like this, but most wells here are much older. Recently, the water has taken a significant turn for the worse and is now very dirty - borderline muddy. You can see a lot of sediment in the bottom of the toilet bowl. If we run the well for 12 hours or so (through a hose from a spigot at the well), then the water will become much better but only for about a day before it gets worse again. We've ordered a high capacity whole house filter, but I'm afraid that will be a band aid fix to a larger problem and that we'll constantly be replacing filter cartridges. The well was drilled by a guy who has a good reputation and does most of the wells around here. However, he wasn't much help and said he really hadn't run into this problem before. Any idea what is wrong with our well? Could it just be a new well cleaning itself our or is there a more significant problem? I have no idea where to start troubleshooting. I've heard of problems with the well shaft collapsing, with cracks in the casing, etc. but I'm afraid of the cost to have someone to look for a problem they may not find. Thanks for any help you can offer! We're about at the end of our rope.