I recently had a new home built with irrigation in mind. Some of my neighbors were lucky and have wells producing 25GPM, not me!. The well the builder paid for has a capacity of 10GPM, that is all that could be blown out of the well by the driller. I paid for a second well hoping to obtain more water for a irrigation system, and the second well produced only 7GPM even with extra drilling. Both Wells are running 7 stage 1/2HP Franklin pumps rated at 12GPM set around 145ft. Cycle stop valves on both wells set between 60-65 PSI and each has a bladder tank set for 50 PSI on 70 PSI off. Bladders are located in a crawl space and one or the other can feed the house via ball valves, no filters, no check valves I am aware of, good clean water.
The person working on the irrigation design would really like to see the two wells combined to reduce the number of zones it will take to water my area.
I would prefer not to have both pumps starting each time I need to draw water and would prefer to have the second well / pump kick in on demand sensed by reduced pressure or better yet by flow. (My driller had suggested a larger tank with both pumps powered at the same time).
What are the recommend ways of connecting two wells in this situation? Or should I just hope it rains every summer?
The person working on the irrigation design would really like to see the two wells combined to reduce the number of zones it will take to water my area.
I would prefer not to have both pumps starting each time I need to draw water and would prefer to have the second well / pump kick in on demand sensed by reduced pressure or better yet by flow. (My driller had suggested a larger tank with both pumps powered at the same time).
What are the recommend ways of connecting two wells in this situation? Or should I just hope it rains every summer?