A couple times in the past 6 months I have had my well water get dirty after a hard rain. I have lived there 5 years and this is the first I have noticed it. After running the water for a bit it clears up. I called a well service and he stated that I am getting water runoff in my well or water is being stirred up down below and there is nothing I can do about it short of a new well or expensive filtration system. He said when this happens that I should run the water thru my pressure tank until it clears up and then run all water receptacles in house until clear. Then not use water for drinking and cooking for a few days. Does this all sound correct? Just want to verify.

I am having problems with my water well. it was working fine pumping water into the house and then one day just stopped. I have a 1/2 hp jet pump with around 400 feet of hose running to my above ground shallow water well, and a hydro-pneumatic pressure tank, the pressure switch is a 20/40 and their is about 40 psi in the pressure tank. the water in the well is full, its just not pumping water into the house. I thought maybe i had a clog somewhere but i barrowd a submerssible water pump and ran water from the well into the breather and it was pushing water out both sides of the hose. I have a check valve on a fitting that is connected to the jut pump. im guessing to keep the pressure in the pump. And their is also a foot valve in the water tank. The faucet sounds like it might be spitting air with the water so it their a way i can check to see if their is a leak somewhere in the pipes running from the well to the pump?