<font color="blue">The single pipe pumps (jet pumps) can only "suck" up 25 feet. I know okee said they work much deeper than that, and I'll sure apoligize if I'm wrong, but I've never seen any kind of single pipe jet pump that will work at a depth greater than 25 feet. </font>
You know, it's going to take someone a lot smarter than me to explain it. I've read all the same limitations on pumps, yet I've lived on wells in Florida for 33 years and have never had anything but a 1/2 hp or 3/4 hp jet pump. I know my wells have been deeper than 25'. We have an aquifer around 30' that produces low quality water suitable for irrigation, and another aquifer at around 65' to 115' that produces decent home use water. The submersible pump I have now is the first I've ever had. It's suspended about 40' down in a 115' deep well.
The only explanation I have is that in Florida, all of our wells are semi-artesian.
You know, it's going to take someone a lot smarter than me to explain it. I've read all the same limitations on pumps, yet I've lived on wells in Florida for 33 years and have never had anything but a 1/2 hp or 3/4 hp jet pump. I know my wells have been deeper than 25'. We have an aquifer around 30' that produces low quality water suitable for irrigation, and another aquifer at around 65' to 115' that produces decent home use water. The submersible pump I have now is the first I've ever had. It's suspended about 40' down in a 115' deep well.
The only explanation I have is that in Florida, all of our wells are semi-artesian.
