I have a holding tank that a drill well feeds water into. I have a pressure tank in the house but there is no pump with in the house to draw water from the holding tank. I assume there is a pump inside the holding tank that pushes water into the house as the pressure tank demands water.
I dropped something in the holding tank the other day and upon trying to retrieve the item with a net I noticed the tank had a fair bit of silt/settlement on the bottom (about 1 to 2 inches only a guess as I couldn’t see the bottom). The tank is 2 years old and I’m wondering if I should drain the tank and clean out the crap? If so, I plan to disable both the drill well and pressure tank pumps electrically and draw the water out vertically from the holding tank. Doing this, will I have pumping issues due to air locks or any other issues that I haven’t considered when I turn back on power?
Gordon
I dropped something in the holding tank the other day and upon trying to retrieve the item with a net I noticed the tank had a fair bit of silt/settlement on the bottom (about 1 to 2 inches only a guess as I couldn’t see the bottom). The tank is 2 years old and I’m wondering if I should drain the tank and clean out the crap? If so, I plan to disable both the drill well and pressure tank pumps electrically and draw the water out vertically from the holding tank. Doing this, will I have pumping issues due to air locks or any other issues that I haven’t considered when I turn back on power?
Gordon