Another water well situation.

[tommu56]

The trick is to pump continusly at 1 GPM so well never go's dry that would be


1 gpm x 60 = 60 gallons an hour
60 gallons x 24= 1440 gallons in a day

so if you had 1500 gallons tank it would hold what you could produce in a day


here is link to project some one eles did http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/75261-cistern-tank-installation.html?highlight=cistern

search cistern on this site for more threads
tom

 

[MDM]

I will have to look into the cistern option. I just don't think my well will handle a continuous .5 gpm drawdown during the dry months. I tried that a couple of years ago and pumped my well dry in a few hours.

Anyone know what is involved in hydro fracturing a well?

 

[WayneB]

I will have to look into the cistern option. I just don't think my well will handle a continuous .5 gpm drawdown during the dry months. I tried that a couple of years ago and pumped my well dry in a few hours.

Anyone know what is involved in hydro fracturing a well?

Just wondering what the flow rate of your well was when you first had it drilled? What was the bed rock (when they stopped drilling)?

If there has been closing of the cracks in the rock then hydrofracturing might improve your water flow rate.

You could do a goggle for hydrofracturing in Ohio and come up with well drilling companies that provide this service. Might even contact the University of Ohio and see what they have to say. Here in NH the University would have all kinds of data on this subject.

I believe you could get a drill in and go deeper with the well and then lower the pump deeper to provide more stored water, but the recovery time might not change. The best thing you can do is get someone local to the area to come in and evaluate the well and advise you on what to do.

I have worked with a company in Ohio that supplies water filtering devices and other water related items. Although they may not be involved with what you are trying to do I am sure they could provide you with information on who to contact. I purchased a few UV Disinfection systems from them and they were really helpful and willing to provide information on how to do things.

Water purification, replacement filter cartridge, iron removal system, Fleck control valve

 

[tommu56]

some of the grundfus (SQ series I think) pumps have a low water cut out built in to the pump and will not restart for 20 or 30 minuets after it is above cutout level

stumpfield has one in his well check with him

tommu56

 

[MDM]

Here is the link to my well log from Ohio Dept Natural Resources web site. There is also a link to my well report from the driller. Like I said, the well came with the propery. I didn't own the property when the well was drilled and house was built. The report states 2gpm, but I know there is no way it is that in the summer months.

Water Well Log and Drilling Report

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h270/dm2596/report.gif

 

[stumpfield]

some of the grundfus (SQ series I think) pumps have a low water cut out built in to the pump and will not restart for 20 or 30 minuets after it is above cutout level

stumpfield has one in his well check with him

tommu56

I have the SQLflex-11. The pump has built-in electronics to detect run-dry conditions and automatically shutdown the pump and continuously monitor the water level and restart when water level is safe to run the pump again.
My well also has a 2gpm recovery rate. I learned that the 2gpm recovery rate doesn't kick in until the static water level drop to a certain point (80ft in my case). It doesn't matter how slow I pump, I can't maintain the static water level in the well.
If your well behaves like mine, I can see the problem. Your pump is set at 74'. The static water level is at 65'. You don't have much room to work with. May be 11 of difference is not enough to induce water to flow towards your well. You need to do more testing to find out all the facts about your well.

 

[MDM]

I have the SQLflex-11. The pump has built-in electronics to detect run-dry conditions and automatically shutdown the pump and continuously monitor the water level and restart when water level is safe to run the pump again.
My well also has a 2gpm recovery rate. I learned that the 2gpm recovery rate doesn't kick in until the static water level drop to a certain point (80ft in my case). It doesn't matter how slow I pump, I can't maintain the static water level in the well.
If your well behaves like mine, I can see the problem. Your pump is set at 75'. The static water level is at 60'. You don't have much room to work with. May be 15' of difference is not enough to induce water to flow towards your well. You need to do more testing to find out all the facts about your well.

Interesting about the static water level. Sounds like the problem I have. I just don't have that kind of money to spend on a pump + plus the cost of a cistern.

 

[stumpfield]

Interesting about the static water level. Sounds like the problem I have. I just don't have that kind of money to spend on a pump + plus the cost of a cistern.

I re-read your post and realized you only have 11' between the static water level and your pump. May be that's the problem right there... What's the gpm of your pump? There's not much water there to pump unless your well can recovery immediately. How difficult it is to lower the pump to 80'? May be a few extra feet will help.

 

[SPYDERLK]

MDM, drop your pump to just off the bottom of the well. The well should deliver a little faster because the water table will have a 10' more head on your well when its level is pumped down to 84', so water will run in faster. Also you will have access to more of the water stored in your well casing.
This will give you a benefit at extremely small cost.
larry

 

[MDM]

Shouldn't be too difficult to lower it to 80'. I would probably gain about 7 gallons of storage. I wonder why the pump was 9' off the bottom. I just assumed it was because of sediment build up. I noticed in most well reports that the pump was generally 10' from the bottom of the well. Why is that?