Morning Everyone
I have recently bought a house that is using a well for water. I have had a crash course in well problems. The house sat empty for several years and there was quite a bit of rain this year, so when the water inspection was done it failed for bacteria twice before it was corrected. On top of this when I first moved in there was no air in the pressure tank and the pressure switch was causing problems. The water pressure would have to drop to about 7 psi before the booster pump would kick in. I have that all corrected but the booster pump is old will not build pressure past 40 psi, so the pressure switch is set at 20-40.
I started digging around the internet and have learned quite a bit about wells and well systems. My well is at about 168 ft deep and is a low producing well, it could be dug deeper to somewhere past 200 ft but wasn’t due to the sulfur smell there. It is on a timer and only pumps 30 minutes every 4 hours into a 500 gallon holding tank. Then the water goes to a booster pump and pressure tank then heads to the house. So far this is producing enough water for my wife and I and the holding tank stays full most of the time. There are no filters on the system currently. When we first moved in one of the toilet water tank fill valves were leaking and there was lots of gray sand in the toilet tank.
I would like to add a spin down sediment filter between the submersible pump and the holding tank and a uv filter after the pressure tank. Since I am new to all of this I am looking for advice and answers to some of my questions.
Are these the correct places for these filters?
Does this sound like the right thing to do?
Why wouldn’t the sediment filter already be there?
Any ideas on which filters are best for the system?
Thanks for any help.
I have recently bought a house that is using a well for water. I have had a crash course in well problems. The house sat empty for several years and there was quite a bit of rain this year, so when the water inspection was done it failed for bacteria twice before it was corrected. On top of this when I first moved in there was no air in the pressure tank and the pressure switch was causing problems. The water pressure would have to drop to about 7 psi before the booster pump would kick in. I have that all corrected but the booster pump is old will not build pressure past 40 psi, so the pressure switch is set at 20-40.
I started digging around the internet and have learned quite a bit about wells and well systems. My well is at about 168 ft deep and is a low producing well, it could be dug deeper to somewhere past 200 ft but wasn’t due to the sulfur smell there. It is on a timer and only pumps 30 minutes every 4 hours into a 500 gallon holding tank. Then the water goes to a booster pump and pressure tank then heads to the house. So far this is producing enough water for my wife and I and the holding tank stays full most of the time. There are no filters on the system currently. When we first moved in one of the toilet water tank fill valves were leaking and there was lots of gray sand in the toilet tank.
I would like to add a spin down sediment filter between the submersible pump and the holding tank and a uv filter after the pressure tank. Since I am new to all of this I am looking for advice and answers to some of my questions.
Are these the correct places for these filters?
Does this sound like the right thing to do?
Why wouldn’t the sediment filter already be there?
Any ideas on which filters are best for the system?
Thanks for any help.