[cccsbus]

My family has lived on this property almost 6 yrs and I have never seen the water dirty but lately we have had large amount of rains and for about a week now the well water has a yellow tint to it,almost like urin :( will the well water clear up on its own do I need to treat it ? Is my well bad? Please help!!

[jlisenbe]

It will likely clear up on its own. I'd drink bottled water until it did. You might want to chlorinate the well. The site below describes how its done. Personally, since I don't know how deep my well is and how much water reserve it has, I just pour a half-gallon of bleach in during the evening, let it sit overnight, then start water coming out the water hose in the morning. I let it run until there is no bleach smell, which can be an hour or so. I also let it run through the house plumbing for a few minutes.

One area I differ with this site is the idea of running water into the well to wash the bleach down after pouring it in. I might would run a gallon or two, but absolutely no more than that. Last time I did it, it washed dirt from the side of the well into the water. I thought it would never clear up.

Well shock procedure: when and how to chlorinate or sterilize a drinking water well