I have a few questions, I'm having issues with water quality and lack of gpm on my old shallow jet pump well. I spoke with others in my area and almost everyone has ditched there jet pumps because the table has dropped. Out of all the drillers I spoke to they all state the water quality was horrible in the shallow water table due to large scale farming and heavy use of fertilizers over the years, hence high nitrates now a days.
My state tracks well parameters very well and has a huge database. I spoke with the Department of the Environment and they told me that of all the wells drilled in my neighborhood in the last few years everything that went to the 150-210' range had no nitrates and the quality was great. They also said there's a clay table that starts at 110' and ends at 135' roughly, and that should prevent a large majority of the nitrates from leaching in. They said the aquafier below is large and the water quality has decent ph, it's a little on the low side and to expect a bit of iron (most of the wells were at .3ppm). Considering I'm currently pushing nitrates on the high level, I've decided to ditch the shallow well.(Home test was 10ppm, local lab was 40ppm, and Department of the Environment 35ppm).
I contacted a few drillers, and most of them had the attitude like they were doing me a favor drilling me a well, a lot knew nothing about my area and told me it was my responsibility to contact the department of the environment and see how far I would have to drill. Only two knew everything about my area the moment they picked up the phone, and started naming customers in my area, along with statistics on the other wells they had drilled, and that they felt I could escape the nitrates like others had.
I asked for a well sized for irrigation of my yard and household use. Both quoted 25GPM wells.
#1 Pushed a Grundfos SQE 1 1/2HP Variable Speed Pump, 4 Gallon Tank, and 210' 4" Well.
#2 Pushed a Goulds 1HP, 122G Tank, 220' 4" Well
I googled constant pressure pumps, specifically the one listed below and saw installers / owners complaing nonstop. I asked #1 about CSV and he said he refused to use one, and he would only install a SQE variable speed unit. After my research I decided not to use him. I asked number two about installing a CSV he said he had never heard of it, and changed the topic to something else. He's coming on Monday for a formal quote and to look at the property.
Should I push the issue again, and ask him to install one? Or should I just install it after the fact? Are there any other questions I need to ask in general about this?
Thanks
My state tracks well parameters very well and has a huge database. I spoke with the Department of the Environment and they told me that of all the wells drilled in my neighborhood in the last few years everything that went to the 150-210' range had no nitrates and the quality was great. They also said there's a clay table that starts at 110' and ends at 135' roughly, and that should prevent a large majority of the nitrates from leaching in. They said the aquafier below is large and the water quality has decent ph, it's a little on the low side and to expect a bit of iron (most of the wells were at .3ppm). Considering I'm currently pushing nitrates on the high level, I've decided to ditch the shallow well.(Home test was 10ppm, local lab was 40ppm, and Department of the Environment 35ppm).
I contacted a few drillers, and most of them had the attitude like they were doing me a favor drilling me a well, a lot knew nothing about my area and told me it was my responsibility to contact the department of the environment and see how far I would have to drill. Only two knew everything about my area the moment they picked up the phone, and started naming customers in my area, along with statistics on the other wells they had drilled, and that they felt I could escape the nitrates like others had.
I asked for a well sized for irrigation of my yard and household use. Both quoted 25GPM wells.
#1 Pushed a Grundfos SQE 1 1/2HP Variable Speed Pump, 4 Gallon Tank, and 210' 4" Well.
#2 Pushed a Goulds 1HP, 122G Tank, 220' 4" Well
I googled constant pressure pumps, specifically the one listed below and saw installers / owners complaing nonstop. I asked #1 about CSV and he said he refused to use one, and he would only install a SQE variable speed unit. After my research I decided not to use him. I asked number two about installing a CSV he said he had never heard of it, and changed the topic to something else. He's coming on Monday for a formal quote and to look at the property.
Should I push the issue again, and ask him to install one? Or should I just install it after the fact? Are there any other questions I need to ask in general about this?
Thanks
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