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    Shallow well poor recovery rate

    Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that I'm not sure, but have thought that myself. Might have to go down in there and see Yeah, I'm thinking that was the original design as well. Might just have to be redone, it's probably 46 years old. We get it tested every year. It's come back as safe...
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    Shallow well poor recovery rate

    The water treatment is all in the house- a pre-filter, main filter, carbon block filter, UV filter, water softener, then into house. OK. I like the idea of a pipe from the pond to the well, I'm just unsure of how to dig it all up without completely draining the pond. I don't think we'd afford...
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    Shallow well poor recovery rate

    We have a 1977 built home that is supplied water from a shallow well adjacent to a large pond. The pond appears (as I've been told) to be spring-fed as the water level seems steady even when it hasn't rained for weeks. The "well" is a vertical corrugated pipe, about three feet across and 15 feet...
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