Water well questions

[kentuckydiesel]

I recently uncovered an old well on our property which the previous owners had stopped using once they got county water.

Well is 50' deep with 30' of water in it (20' down from the top)...and we're in the middle of a drought! Casing is 6".

Anyway, I am going to put a hand pump and electric pump jack on the well. I'm in the process of making a pump cylinder which will be 2" ID with a 12" stroke. I am also planning to replace the old 1" drop pipe with 2" pipe so I can more easily change leathers when needed.

Here are my questions:
1)For this setup, what size and type of material should I use for the sucker rod?
2)I have heard of people using PVC for drop pipe. Is this a good idea, and if so, will Schedule 40 work, or would I need 80?

Thanks,
Phillip

 

[nybirdman]

I would use 1 inch PVC sch 40...may be hard to pump with 2 inch.Test the water if useing for house-hold use.I also would dump a little chorline/bleach down the well.

 

[kentuckydiesel]

I would use 1 inch PVC sch 40...may be hard to pump with 2 inch.Test the water if useing for house-hold use.I also would dump a little chorline/bleach down the well.

Trying to use 2" so I can pull the plunger without pulling the drop pipe. Most pumping will be done by the pump jack. Would schedule 40 be stiff enough?

 

[Egon]

Have you considered just buying sucker rod?

Or maybe using 1/2 in. Galvanised Pipe?

 

[kentuckydiesel]

Have you considered just buying sucker rod?

Or maybe using 1/2 in. Galvanised Pipe?

I can make whatever I need. Is 3/8" solid steel rod ever used, or would 1/2" pipe be the better option?

 

[The kid]

I recently uncovered an old well on our property which the previous owners had stopped using once they got county water.

Well is 50' deep with 30' of water in it (20' down from the top)...and we're in the middle of a drought! Casing is 6".

Anyway, I am going to put a hand pump and electric pump jack on the well. I'm in the process of making a pump cylinder which will be 2" ID with a 12" stroke. I am also planning to replace the old 1" drop pipe with 2" pipe so I can more easily change leathers when needed.

Here are my questions:
1)For this setup, what size and type of material should I use for the sucker rod?
2)I have heard of people using PVC for drop pipe. Is this a good idea, and if so, will Schedule 40 work, or would I need 80?

Thanks,
Phillip

Depending on what type of pump you are going to use. Submersible or surface pump. Have you tested the GPM? Before using any capped abandoned well, I'd have a sample tested by the state or county health department.-robert

 

[kentuckydiesel]

Depending on what type of pump you are going to use. Submersible or surface pump. Have you tested the GPM? Before using any capped abandoned well, I'd have a sample tested by the state or county health department.-robert

Hand pump with pump cylinder at bottom of well. No electric pump, but hand pump will be operated by way of electric pump jack.

 

[dieselscout80]

Do you have any thing that shows how to make a PVC hand pump? If you do I'd like to see/hear about it.

 

[kentuckydiesel]

Do you have any thing that shows how to make a PVC hand pump? If you do I'd like to see/hear about it.

I've seen a bunch of stuff online about PVC pumps. I'm not going that route tho...my pump cylinder is made entirely of brass, aside from the cup leathers of course.

 

[turnkey4099]

I've seen a bunch of stuff online about PVC pumps. I'm not going that route tho...my pump cylinder is made entirely of brass, aside from the cup leathers of course.

Interesting project but it seems a long way around to get useable water. Why not a shallow well pump and do away with all lthe complications and maintenance issues? Just curius as I have done a few things "just for the doing of it".


Harry K