The Story of a Broken Well

Back in February I wrote about our broken well, which happened during one of our worst winter storms of the season... It was a funny, yet not so funny post.  Here's the link to that post for those who may have missed it: Pictures of a Snowstorm  

...So, it's now June and we are still faced with our broken well.  We knew we had to finish out the winter before trying to fix it, the ground needed to thaw... So we had to find another way of getting water to our house. We rotate three big barrels of water to the house.  I say we, but it's George and our son who have been hauling water here in the big barrels every other day for the last four months.  Now that may seem fairly easy... But NO!  They have to go get the water, bring it here and lug the barrels down to our basement (on a dolly) ~ Yes, it's been a rough time of hauling water to the house since February, it was especially 'fun' during the winter with the snow and ice! At least it's better weather conditions now that it's summertime.

Here's where we are now... We are trying to fix our well, hoping that we won't have to dig a new one... George has already replaced the galvanized metal piping with PCV piping, fixed the broken seal and cleaned the plugged up points... While that was part of the problem, it wasn't the entire problem.  Now he is working on cleaning the screen at the bottom of the piping.  Sediment has built up and we are hoping that once it's cleaned, then the water will fill faster and our well will work.  If this doesn't fix the problem, then we will have to dig a new well.  Unfortunately it's taking time for George to see if all his 'fixes' actually fixed the well, because he's only able to work on it mostly on the weekends.

There are quite a few funny moments that have occurred during our time with a broken well... It goes kind of like this: The well pump is temporarily bypassing the well and is hooked directly to the hoses in the barrels.  So yes, we have running water, but I can't tell you how many times we thought there was enough water for a shower and we'd run out mid shower... Usually that happened to me, hair full of shampoo... 20 minutes until I have to leave for work... Then there's the debate:  "Do Dishes or a load of laundry" ~ "Boil water for the spaghetti dinner or eat something different and save the water for a pot of coffee in the morning" ~ So, me being the worry wart that I am... Now I have to worry about things like flushing the toilet too many times and we may not have enough water to brush our teeth, or enough water to fill Izzie's water bowl, she's a big dog, it's a big bowl... Oh the stories, and some day they will be funny, I'm sure! LOL!

I must say, until we had no water I really didn't realize how much water is used in a day... Or how much we depend on it coming out of the faucet when we turn the knob!!!  I guess I always took water for granted, you can't do ANYTHING without water... I think that for the rest of my life any time I'm about to do anything 'water related' I will be asking the one question that I have said and heard so many times these past months;  "Is there enough water right now for me to... shower, do dishes, laundry... etc." LOL! 

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(¸.•´ (¸.•` ♥ So, please keep your fingers crossed, along with me, that we will soon have a fixed well, without having the expense of digging a new one.  Thanks :)

~Trina