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OK ……………. more testing has brought me to create a new thread. After installing the ¼†poly tubing so that I could monitor the water level in our well, I am now able to better understand what is occurring with our well and lower than normal pressure readings.
After 34 years of great service, I do believe our well is losing its ability to produce as well as it once did. I’m sure this is because more and more folks around me are installing wells for irrigation and there is only so much water available in any given stream. Here is what I am learning:
1- For the past couple of weeks, the water level with no water usage and no pump running has been stable at about 115 feet ……………….. and the pump intake is about 14 feet below the static water level. (note: I can NOT set the pump any lower ...... that is not an option!)
2- As I monitored the water level in the beginning, I found that we had approximately a 2 foot drop in water level when the pump was running with the irrigation system on.
3- During the past week or so, I’ve noticed more folks around the neighborhood using the irrigation system. Are they using the same stream as us ……. who knows! But, now I have noticed a drop in water level of about 5 feet with the pump running continuously, which means there is only about 9 feet of water above the pump intake.
4- Will this get worse as the summer progresses? Only time will tell, but I want to do something to protect the pump in case it does.
What are the available options for protecting a pump in a situation such as this? I want something that will do its job should the pump encounter a low water level, but which is easily installed ….. if there is such an “animalâ€. I just would rather not pull the pump again so soon if possible, but that may not be an option for me.
Please inform me of the available options for doing what I want. Thanks!
After 34 years of great service, I do believe our well is losing its ability to produce as well as it once did. I’m sure this is because more and more folks around me are installing wells for irrigation and there is only so much water available in any given stream. Here is what I am learning:
1- For the past couple of weeks, the water level with no water usage and no pump running has been stable at about 115 feet ……………….. and the pump intake is about 14 feet below the static water level. (note: I can NOT set the pump any lower ...... that is not an option!)
2- As I monitored the water level in the beginning, I found that we had approximately a 2 foot drop in water level when the pump was running with the irrigation system on.
3- During the past week or so, I’ve noticed more folks around the neighborhood using the irrigation system. Are they using the same stream as us ……. who knows! But, now I have noticed a drop in water level of about 5 feet with the pump running continuously, which means there is only about 9 feet of water above the pump intake.
4- Will this get worse as the summer progresses? Only time will tell, but I want to do something to protect the pump in case it does.
What are the available options for protecting a pump in a situation such as this? I want something that will do its job should the pump encounter a low water level, but which is easily installed ….. if there is such an “animalâ€. I just would rather not pull the pump again so soon if possible, but that may not be an option for me.
Please inform me of the available options for doing what I want. Thanks!