Thanks Shorty. Yes, I do believe that I'm responsible for making the water murky, but my concern is that it's staying murky. Once I caused all that clay and dirt to get into the water won't it just stay in suspension until I do something, like adding alum? The test jug sat for 2 days and not one bit settled out. I added 1 teaspoon of alum to the jug yesterday, and now look at it. I could (almost) drink it!
And I'm not having any luck at all in finding powdered alum. Still looking.
Look at that 2nd picture where the suspended solids are raining down from inside the jug. Looks spooky.
