submersible or jet well

I have done a few searches and read more post than my brain can handle. I have one question, but it seems to be hiding from me somewhere on this board.

What type of well is better long term as far as upkeep, cost, etc…….. I hear a lot of people talking about submersible wells, but my sister has an above ground that works good for her.

I have a house with 2 bathrooms and 6 full-time residences, plus I will have a 14 stall barn being built to house my horses. Horses can drink a good amount of water so I want to have enough to supply them and us.

Let me know what you all think would work best for my family.

On a side note the 22 acres has a well on the front of the property about 1000 feet from where I am building my new house. I think it is an above ground pump, but I am not sure how to tell 100%. I know nothing about the well as the previous owner went to prison for many years and I got no information from him. Would it be worth investigating the existing well?

Thanks,
Troy

It wouldn't hurt to look into the old well. Just call a well driller in your area and have him check it out for you.

I would want a deep well with a submersible pump. Not a shallow well with a jet pump. The deep well will usually have better water than surface water. But ask the driller, he will know best. All areas are different.

bob...

So if that well does not work out what would be best an above or underground setup?

Is there any way for me to tell if my system is a deep well or not?

depth of the well will make a lot of difference,

a one pipe jet pump will pull max 21 feet, or (that is very close) and if the foot valve leaks you will have to re prime it,

they make a two pipe jet pump that can pump deeper, about 75 feet, the injector is down in the well,

a submersible can pump from great depths,
by sizing the correct pump and stages and horse power, up to 1000' deep probably deeper if needed,

another consideration would casing size,

and the gallons per min you need and pressures, (also the gallons per min the well can produce).

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on the well depth,
"go fishing"
drop a weight (make sure it is heavy enough you will be able to tell when it hits the bottom) down the well on a string and when it hits the bottom mark the string, and then pull it up and measure the length of the string, (use a string that will not stretch much, you should be able to tell how much water the well has in it as well by how far up on the string the water is,

My sister has an above ground pump and the well is 165 feet. She has a single pipe running into the ground. How is this? I thought jet wells were max 25 with one pipe and 75 with two.

That's the water level not the well depth that determines the difference between deep and shallow.

bob...