Rusty water from hand pump
I recently acquired a small vacation cabin in the mountains, and the water comes from a hand-pumped well. The well is permitted through the county and even though it’s shallow (35’) the water tested negative for bacteria, ect. The problem is that the water is red/brown, which I’m
Assuming is due to rust. I pumped the well dry as part of doing a water quality test, so at first I assumed it was from doing that, but it’s continued to be rusty for the last 3 weeks. I tried an inline filter designed for an RV, but it didn’t do much, if anything, to clean the water. The pump has a standard garden hose fitting, and the current system involves hand pumping water to a 50 gallon barrel before being fed to the cabin via an electric on-demand pump. Is there a better way to filter this water, or a specific filter I should be using? This is a vacation cabin for my family, so not continual use, but I want to know the water source is reliable because it’s a pain to haul it up. I’m new to the world of shallow, hand pumping water wells, so any suggestions are appreciated.