Just closed on a small cottage adjacent to our property up in the Mountains...
First weekend there and everything is dandy. Turn on the hot water heater, the pump, raise the thermostats and light a fire in fireplace... Damn. The hot water is basically murky and smells of sulfur, the cold water doesn't smell as much and is less murky but still not anything one would drink. Maybe it's just inactivity so lets run it and let it drain the system and the hot water tank. Maybe fill up the tub, drain and start again. So I fill the tub and by the time the water gets to the midway point I can't see the bottom anymore. Oh boy, we've got a real problem.
Anyhow, after doing that a couple times, the sulfur smell is basically gone and the color is better. The cold water is much much better but still a little bit murky.
End of the weekend and things have improved but still not drinkable, barely usable to wash with.
QUESTION: What experience do/have some of you had with this situation and what did you do about it?
Flush the well? Install special filters? Kill the whole system and dig a new well somewhere else (not really an option)?