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DougG 
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020 at 8:04am |
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Geesh it is always something! Last Thursday I noticed slow water pressure at the faucets, seen little brown sticks - dam ants- cleaned everything- treated the well - it's 320 ft with 3 gallons of bleach gonna get it going ng here in a bit - the well casing is pvc- has a good cap on it and it sticks up about 4 ft above the ground, no trail or any signs they entered there- so my question is where did they come from? How did they get in the water table? It's always something but this is crazy! We did have about 6 inches of rain last week, would that raise the water table under ground to a different level to get to an aunt house? Never heard of this - but now I'm dealing with it! Anyone deal with this before?
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Tbone95
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020 at 8:12am |
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Yuck! That’s a new one.
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DougG
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020 at 8:24am |
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No kidding,getting an apartment in town is sounding better every day!
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Tbone95
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020 at 8:26am |
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I bet!
Wish I had some advice for ya. Guess all I can say is good luck. I suppose the big rain could be related, then again could just be coincidence.
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DMiller
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020 at 9:52am |
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Under grade at the Casing is the connection port, has a seal around it in the dirt, that would be the ONLY spot the ants could access, with a volume of them falling into the well. May be time to dig around the casing head, will be about 18-24" below grade. Do not want to spray poisons especially if they can get inside the casing that means a hole that the poison can access too. Casing may actually be cracked, that will be a mess to fix. Ants can also access thru wiring head pipe, it is not conduited back to the supply source, direct burial with the pipe being short length in ground.
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DougG
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020 at 10:03am |
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I seen the connection about 6 ft down theres no sign of them at the cap - just trying to figure out where they got in , hope a tree root didnt crack the casing down lower
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john(MI)
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020 at 11:24am |
They went in thru the cap. You probably couldn't rtv it enough to stop them. I would spray an over adequate amount of poison on and around the pipe. If it's been overly dry there, they are after water. Might wanna put a dish out for them! 
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020 at 2:47pm |
 DMiller wrote:
Under grade at the Casing is the connection port, has a seal around it in the dirt, that would be the ONLY spot the ants could access, with a volume of them falling into the well. May be time to dig around the casing head, will be about 18-24" below grade. Do not want to spray poisons especially if they can get inside the casing that means a hole that the poison can access too. Casing may actually be cracked, that will be a mess to fix. Ants can also access thru wiring head pipe, it is not conduited back to the supply source, direct burial with the pipe being short length in ground. |
I would also guess through the wiring. You can seal/caulk where the wire goes into the casing.
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DougG
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Posted: 09 Aug 2020 at 3:24pm |
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YUP so right , done that this morning and been purging the water lines off and on all day , getting rid of them for now
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Walker
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Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 5:40pm |
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I've said it all along. First there will be Cornovirus, then the space type of killer Ants.
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DougG
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Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 5:50pm |
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So right Walker,, there gonna get us
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Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 5:51pm |
when do the Zombies show up ? 
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Walker
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Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 6:09pm |
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Radiation impregnated Lizards are next with a big tall fella named Godzilla leading them.
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Walker
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Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 6:31pm |
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Them Ants got legs on both sides so it don't do any good to roll em over.
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DougG
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Posted: 10 Aug 2020 at 7:09pm |
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Ha ha right on
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