Robyn
New Member
Hello all, I've been browsing the forum for quite awhile and am now making my first post. I'm looking for some advice on how to design and implement our new water well system to two residences on my property.
We just had a new well drilled, and I don't yet have the full Driller's Report but want to start getting input. It's about 75' deep, with water sitting at about 35', mostly sand I understand. 5.5" PVC casing, with two 8' sand screen sections put in (since we wanted a little better production for two houses). Again, I don't have the final report, but they've estimated about 10gpm production from the well.
I will try to attach a map of our acreage showing the well, our main house, and the second residence (mobile trailer). There will be a total of 4 adults, 3 children, 4 bathrooms, etc. The well is about 350' from the house, and about another 300' to the trailer. We will be doing our own trenching (I have access to a smaller backhoe with 24" bucket) at approximately 8' depth from ground level.
Here's my questions:
1) Should we use 1 submersible pump in the well, pump to the house with pressure tank there, and then another line from house to trailer? What size/type of pump and pressure tank(s)?
2) What type of line should be laid in the trench, 1-1/4" poly rated at about 100 psi? Does the trench have to be prepared at all, bed of sand etc, to protect the line?
3) At one point, our planned trench for the water line will be in the near vicinity of the existing septic/sewer pump-out line, is this an issue? Is there a minimum distance to keep these separate for sanitary reasons?
4) Someone had mentioned instead of one submersible pump in the well, using two 2-line jet pumps, one at each residence. This would mean way more pipe used (2000' instead of about 650') for the 2 lines from each pump. Is this reasonable? Why would I use this over one submersible?
Thanks, hope I'm asking the right questions and showing at least some sign of trying to do my own research first!
Robyn
PS: I will complete the template as per rules also...
Type of pump?
Submersible___please recommend_____
Two wire (no control)________
Three wire (control box)______
Wire Size_________ Wire Length________
or
Jet Pump (above ground)_________
One or two pipes down the well____
Size of Pump?
Motor Horsepower?____please recommend______
Pump Model #______________
Date Pump Installed__________
Pumping from?
Cistern tank___________
Pond, lake, river________
Water Well____yes________
Depth of well____75'______
Depth to water____35'_____
Pump Setting__________
Pipe Size_________"
Drop Pipe Material
PVC________
Steel_______
Poly________
Well Recovery Rate___~10____gpm
Well Casing Diameter___5.5____â€
Rock Well__________ Sand Well____yes, 2 screens______ Other______________
Date Well Drilled_____Sep. 2011_______
Well Casing Material
PVC____yes____ Steel_________ Other_________
Pressure Tank?
Bladder or diaphragm tank (one pipe to tank)___please recommend_______
Size or model of tank____________
Air charge in top of tank, with pump off and water drained____________PSI
(check with car tire gauge)
or
Plain Hydro Pneumatic tank (two pipes to tank, one in and one out)_________
Size of tank________________
Pressure Switch Setting?
On 30, off 50 ____please recommend____
On 40, off 60_________
Other_______________
Pump Control Method?
Cycle Stop Valve model #____please recommend_____
Variable speed control #__________
Pump Start Relay (sprinkler timer, no tank)__________
Manually turned on and off____________
Pump Protection
Cycle Sensor____please recommend_____
Pumptec_____________
Low pressure cutoff switch (lever on side)__________
Other_______________
Filters or Softeners_____probably_________
Before or after pressure tank__please recommend_____
Type of filter_________iron and hardness__________
Bypass available________________
Water Used For?
House Use___yes____ Number of baths___4____ Number of People____7____
High Flow Showers____3?___gpm?
Plus/Or
Irrigation with timers___n/a_____
Irrigation with hoses________
Heat Pump______gpm?
Problems Experienced
No Water_______n/a__________
Water only part time________
Water at all times but weak_____
Air in water_______________
Pressure surging___________
Water Hammer (noise)______
Too Much pressure_________
Other____________________
Pump makes clicking or buzzing sounds___n/a_____
No Sounds______________
Pressure gauge reading________psi
Other____________________________________
Do you have, and know how to use
an Ampmeter and Voltmeter________yes, very well__________
Describe Problem__________n/a________________.....
We just had a new well drilled, and I don't yet have the full Driller's Report but want to start getting input. It's about 75' deep, with water sitting at about 35', mostly sand I understand. 5.5" PVC casing, with two 8' sand screen sections put in (since we wanted a little better production for two houses). Again, I don't have the final report, but they've estimated about 10gpm production from the well.
I will try to attach a map of our acreage showing the well, our main house, and the second residence (mobile trailer). There will be a total of 4 adults, 3 children, 4 bathrooms, etc. The well is about 350' from the house, and about another 300' to the trailer. We will be doing our own trenching (I have access to a smaller backhoe with 24" bucket) at approximately 8' depth from ground level.
Here's my questions:
1) Should we use 1 submersible pump in the well, pump to the house with pressure tank there, and then another line from house to trailer? What size/type of pump and pressure tank(s)?
2) What type of line should be laid in the trench, 1-1/4" poly rated at about 100 psi? Does the trench have to be prepared at all, bed of sand etc, to protect the line?
3) At one point, our planned trench for the water line will be in the near vicinity of the existing septic/sewer pump-out line, is this an issue? Is there a minimum distance to keep these separate for sanitary reasons?
4) Someone had mentioned instead of one submersible pump in the well, using two 2-line jet pumps, one at each residence. This would mean way more pipe used (2000' instead of about 650') for the 2 lines from each pump. Is this reasonable? Why would I use this over one submersible?
Thanks, hope I'm asking the right questions and showing at least some sign of trying to do my own research first!
Robyn
PS: I will complete the template as per rules also...
Type of pump?
Submersible___please recommend_____
Two wire (no control)________
Three wire (control box)______
Wire Size_________ Wire Length________
or
Jet Pump (above ground)_________
One or two pipes down the well____
Size of Pump?
Motor Horsepower?____please recommend______
Pump Model #______________
Date Pump Installed__________
Pumping from?
Cistern tank___________
Pond, lake, river________
Water Well____yes________
Depth of well____75'______
Depth to water____35'_____
Pump Setting__________
Pipe Size_________"
Drop Pipe Material
PVC________
Steel_______
Poly________
Well Recovery Rate___~10____gpm
Well Casing Diameter___5.5____â€
Rock Well__________ Sand Well____yes, 2 screens______ Other______________
Date Well Drilled_____Sep. 2011_______
Well Casing Material
PVC____yes____ Steel_________ Other_________
Pressure Tank?
Bladder or diaphragm tank (one pipe to tank)___please recommend_______
Size or model of tank____________
Air charge in top of tank, with pump off and water drained____________PSI
(check with car tire gauge)
or
Plain Hydro Pneumatic tank (two pipes to tank, one in and one out)_________
Size of tank________________
Pressure Switch Setting?
On 30, off 50 ____please recommend____
On 40, off 60_________
Other_______________
Pump Control Method?
Cycle Stop Valve model #____please recommend_____
Variable speed control #__________
Pump Start Relay (sprinkler timer, no tank)__________
Manually turned on and off____________
Pump Protection
Cycle Sensor____please recommend_____
Pumptec_____________
Low pressure cutoff switch (lever on side)__________
Other_______________
Filters or Softeners_____probably_________
Before or after pressure tank__please recommend_____
Type of filter_________iron and hardness__________
Bypass available________________
Water Used For?
House Use___yes____ Number of baths___4____ Number of People____7____
High Flow Showers____3?___gpm?
Plus/Or
Irrigation with timers___n/a_____
Irrigation with hoses________
Heat Pump______gpm?
Problems Experienced
No Water_______n/a__________
Water only part time________
Water at all times but weak_____
Air in water_______________
Pressure surging___________
Water Hammer (noise)______
Too Much pressure_________
Other____________________
Pump makes clicking or buzzing sounds___n/a_____
No Sounds______________
Pressure gauge reading________psi
Other____________________________________
Do you have, and know how to use
an Ampmeter and Voltmeter________yes, very well__________
Describe Problem__________n/a________________.....