PaulK
Member
Here's my $0.02 variant. Don't get too far ahead of yourself. The first step is to determine how much your well can produce. As you indicated, your well hasn't been dug yet. Water is a cruel vixen. My well produces 10 GPM. this statement is based on the fact that my Toro flow meter says so and because my pump is rated at 10 GPM and because I can run my outside 1.25" irrigation line for 10 hours without the well going dry. This is sort of a hedge, because the actually rate it at 10 GPM it would probably have to do so for a longer period of time. My well is 50 years old, was dug to a depth of 100', and has silted in about 12'. The water level has varied from 23' to 27' [record drought] while the pump is set at 75'. I bore you with these details because I am paranoid about harming the well and try to take good care of it. More importantly for your databank, my neighbor 700 ft. down the road had to drill down 450 ft. to get a well certified at 10 GPM. So, don't go countin' dem chickens 'fo dey hatched. Find out how many GPM you will need and then pray that you don't have to dig down 500-1,000 ft. to get 30 GPM. In our parts, the first 100 ft. are the initial charge, then there is a surcharge for each foot thereafter. The neighbors gathered around "the new guy" when the well man said that they were at 400 ft. I'm sure that 400 ft. is nothing for many of the people on this forum.
good luck.
Paul
good luck.
Paul
