Trying to use a mineral water source as home water

[wellxtrol]

Hello,

My well point is stuck and I am trying to use the natural mineral water source 15ft away from my house, this water go into a barrel and then a pump bring the water into a pressure tank, I was happy had water in faucet but for 4 seconds only.
Then the pump loads on, water from barrel is going down but after few seconds, pump shutdown and water comes back to barrel. Over and over again, why water does not go in the lines of the house ? Why the hot water tank is not filling up ?

Thanks

 

[Valveman]

Sounds like you do not have a check valve.

 

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[wellxtrol]

Sounds like you do not have a check valve.
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You were quite right ! Thank you, I had a check valve on the well line but as I disconnected, almost sure my well point is stuck or too much sediment on it so I have a water source less than 10 yards behind the house, see all photos added, now I am facing a very different problem, I have 30 to 40 psi in the sceptic air tank but I have no continuous flow in the water lines, the toilett tank is not filling up and after 3 4 seconds running from the faucet it stops, air in the lines ? how to make all the water lines working like normally ? anything special to do with the hot water tank ?

 

[wellxtrol]

I am going back to my country house this weekend, any help ?

 

[Reach4]

I am going back to my country house this weekend, any help ?

"You were quite right ! Thank you, I had a check valve on the well line but as I disconnected, almost sure my well point is stuck or too much sediment on it so I have a water source less than 10 yards behind the house, see all photos added, now I am facing a very different problem, I have 30 to 40 psi in the sceptic air tank but I have no continuous flow in the water lines, the toilett tank is not filling up and after 3 4 seconds running from the faucet it stops, air in the lines ? how to make all the water lines working like normally ? anything special to do with the hot water tank ?"

That is not as readable as you think.

 

[wellxtrol]

I will make a video this weekend

 

[Valveman]

If there is 30 PSI or any pressure on the gauge, you should have water in the house. Is the gauge stuck on 30?

 

[Bannerman]

The photo named 'Natural Source' shows a small stream of water continually exiting from the 2" open poly pipe. I assume from the name given, that water is supplied from a spring or alternately, flowing by gravity from a stream, pond or lake located at a higher elevation.

The 'Natural Source3' photo shows what appears to be a garden hose connected to that same 2" poly pipe, adapted using a barb to 2" male threaded fitting with no band clamp utilized to secure the fitting into the pipe and also to reduce the potential for leakage. That threaded fitting is then further adapted with various ABS Drain/Waste/Vent fittings to reduce the diameter so as to thread a male garden hose fitting into.

You said water first flows to a barrel which is then utilized to supply the pump. Is that barrel sealed so it is air tight? If the barrel is not equipped with a vent to allow air to freely enter while the pump is drawing water out, then the pump will cause negative pressure within the barrel, which will likely quickly prevent the pump from drawing any further water out from the barrel, and the negative pressure will also cause the garden hose to collapse, thereby preventing further flow through the hose. The negative pressure may also cause the barrel to eventually collapse when there is only a small amount of water within the barrel while the pump is running.