I have a 120' 2" deep well. the casing is down 110' with an 11' 8" plastic .008 slot screen. Orinigal drop pipe was 1" at 93'
I had the well company here because my capacity was beginning to drop below a gallon a minute.
They pulled the pitless and drop pipe, initially they were only able to pump 4 gpm with the rig. They then surgepumped the screen and capacity increased to 20 gpm while pumping with the rig and pitcher pump.
They pumped it for about 3 hours before all of the sand stopped flowing out. When we got done the well was still pumping 20 gpm and it would take approx 30 min to accumlate 1 teaspoon of sand.
I have a 1 hp 2 stage Flint&Walling 6269 pump with the auto jet valve. When the guys put the well back together, they raised the jet 13' and only used 80' of drop pipe. New Bremer Check and re-used the jet, new check valve on the jet.
Through the pump we are getting 5.5 gpm and had about 10 minutes of sand, now I only get maybe a teaspoon of sand a day in my sediment filter.
Is this an issue? We had to rebuild the pump, the bottom impeller was plugged with mineral in 2 places and a bit worn, the upper impeller was ok. The vacuum line to the Jet valve was also plugged.
Is 5.5 gpm about all I should expect? The owner of the company suggested I add an additional wx202 tank to the one I have to make the pump cycle less which would help with the sand.
Any Suggestions would be welcomed.
I had the well company here because my capacity was beginning to drop below a gallon a minute.
They pulled the pitless and drop pipe, initially they were only able to pump 4 gpm with the rig. They then surgepumped the screen and capacity increased to 20 gpm while pumping with the rig and pitcher pump.
They pumped it for about 3 hours before all of the sand stopped flowing out. When we got done the well was still pumping 20 gpm and it would take approx 30 min to accumlate 1 teaspoon of sand.
I have a 1 hp 2 stage Flint&Walling 6269 pump with the auto jet valve. When the guys put the well back together, they raised the jet 13' and only used 80' of drop pipe. New Bremer Check and re-used the jet, new check valve on the jet.
Through the pump we are getting 5.5 gpm and had about 10 minutes of sand, now I only get maybe a teaspoon of sand a day in my sediment filter.
Is this an issue? We had to rebuild the pump, the bottom impeller was plugged with mineral in 2 places and a bit worn, the upper impeller was ok. The vacuum line to the Jet valve was also plugged.
Is 5.5 gpm about all I should expect? The owner of the company suggested I add an additional wx202 tank to the one I have to make the pump cycle less which would help with the sand.
Any Suggestions would be welcomed.