LAR42
New Member
I have an issue with my water system and I can't figure it out. I have a Gould's 2HP Submersible pump, a 240 foot well and only about 2.5 gpm of recovery. A Well-X-Trol WX-203 pressure tank with the switch set to 30/50. Sometimes the pressure gauge will drop all the way when a lot of water has been used. The issue is that sometimes the pressure will come start to come back and sometimes it doesn't. The pump just runs and runs and the pressure stays at zero. I can tell that this is happening because I don't have any water. So, when this hapens, I go and shut my pump off for a while. I figured the well is isn't recharging fast enough. However, sometimes when I turn the pump back on the pressure jumps to about 20 psi and holds steady there and will not come back to full rpessure. Sometimes it pumps back up like it supposed to do. Very frustrating, especially when you have three kids(boys) that need baths and showers. Incidentally, there are two additional systems in place between the well and the pressure tank. There is a chemical feed pump that inject Potassium Carbonate to control ph and a big filter for filtering Iron and other minerals from the water.
Any advice is appreciated.
Any advice is appreciated.