rbig
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I'm just getting started on a project of a community garden for our church.
The whole project is pretty much going to be dependent on getting good water production from an old well.
The well was orignally designed to run sprinklers in a 3 acre lawn. Years ago, we were forced to go to city water, so we just decided not to hook sprinkler system to city.
I was at the well and kicked it on. It now delivers good, over the side production. through a 2" pipe, 2hp well pump.
This is kind of a "know what we're doing" deal, or we will lose the project.
With this, what should I be doing/thinking/testing for?
With the well original purpose, it might be sufficient in production for 1 hour watering every other day.
With the surface production looking OK----is there anything else I can do to check?
Our runout will be 400' of pipe to garden patch, some under driveways and sidewalks. Will the 2hp pump normally be sufficient to deliver the water? Or, is it likely well need bigger?
The whole project is pretty much going to be dependent on getting good water production from an old well.
The well was orignally designed to run sprinklers in a 3 acre lawn. Years ago, we were forced to go to city water, so we just decided not to hook sprinkler system to city.
I was at the well and kicked it on. It now delivers good, over the side production. through a 2" pipe, 2hp well pump.
This is kind of a "know what we're doing" deal, or we will lose the project.
With this, what should I be doing/thinking/testing for?
With the well original purpose, it might be sufficient in production for 1 hour watering every other day.
With the surface production looking OK----is there anything else I can do to check?
Our runout will be 400' of pipe to garden patch, some under driveways and sidewalks. Will the 2hp pump normally be sufficient to deliver the water? Or, is it likely well need bigger?