We have a hand dug well (depth unknown). We moved here 5 years ago and the first July the well went dry. We are renting so I notified the landlord. A pump company came out and pulled the original jet pump and installed a submersible pump with a tethered shut off. This was all done while I was at work so I don't know what kind of pump was installed.
I kept the jet pump and there was nothing wrong with it. It seems that where I live, many wells go dry around July for a few weeks. We have dealt with this for 5 years, but this year we lost water in April.
The toilet valve started leaking and I discovered that the toilet was being replenished, but the water pressure from the trap became a trickle. I was thinking that the aquifer level was fluctuating ... wrong!?
There is a hose bib in the well house so I connected a hose, opened the valve, and settled down to observe what would happen. The pump would turn on (like clockwork) about every 35 to 40 min. and pumped approx. 20 gal. in like 3 minutes.
Still very little pressure to the house. No sign of a broken pipe. I have an 80 gal. bladder pressure tank, but there is no water being stored in it.
Out of frustration, I turned off the ball valve at the well house and the ball valve at the house and ran hoses up (well is abt. 25' below the house elev.) to the hose bib to see if it would at least solve the dribbling faucets when the pump was on. It did nothing!
Where do I go from here?
Thanks
Michael
Global Family Survival
I kept the jet pump and there was nothing wrong with it. It seems that where I live, many wells go dry around July for a few weeks. We have dealt with this for 5 years, but this year we lost water in April.
The toilet valve started leaking and I discovered that the toilet was being replenished, but the water pressure from the trap became a trickle. I was thinking that the aquifer level was fluctuating ... wrong!?
There is a hose bib in the well house so I connected a hose, opened the valve, and settled down to observe what would happen. The pump would turn on (like clockwork) about every 35 to 40 min. and pumped approx. 20 gal. in like 3 minutes.
Still very little pressure to the house. No sign of a broken pipe. I have an 80 gal. bladder pressure tank, but there is no water being stored in it.
Out of frustration, I turned off the ball valve at the well house and the ball valve at the house and ran hoses up (well is abt. 25' below the house elev.) to the hose bib to see if it would at least solve the dribbling faucets when the pump was on. It did nothing!
Where do I go from here?
Thanks
Michael
Global Family Survival