Greetings all,
I am having some issue with my well, it is ~ 40 years old. When it was drilled it yielded 12 G.P.M. I have a 5 G.P.M. pump in it so technically I should not be able to pump it dry.
But I did, over the last year I have been getting sediment, this Saturday I was adjusting the pressure switch to the 30 –50 psi. Range. I did this by rapidly over a 15-minute window about 10 – 15 times (this was also done after a full load of laundry (50gallons) plus one shower (10 to 15 gallons) (yes I do have a water saver showerhead (2.5G.P.M. toilet (1.6 gallons (5 flushes – 8-gallons), ECT). Should I figure I drew off about another 70 plus gallons? She went dry, I let it sit 5 minutes, it refilled the bladder tank, wait another other 3 hours before I did any other draw, install a new filter. Today I check the pump is cycling, the filter has fine sediment in it, but not too much or to bad (you have to look close at the filter to see it).
It normally takes the washing machine about 5 minutes to fill, it took that long yesterday and this morning it took 6 minutes, but I had allot of new dry towels in the tub. So I figure that that was “soaking” up some water.
Question is the sediment is most likely choke off the refill rate of the well, is this normal in a well this old?
Should I look into hydro fracturing?
I am having some issue with my well, it is ~ 40 years old. When it was drilled it yielded 12 G.P.M. I have a 5 G.P.M. pump in it so technically I should not be able to pump it dry.
But I did, over the last year I have been getting sediment, this Saturday I was adjusting the pressure switch to the 30 –50 psi. Range. I did this by rapidly over a 15-minute window about 10 – 15 times (this was also done after a full load of laundry (50gallons) plus one shower (10 to 15 gallons) (yes I do have a water saver showerhead (2.5G.P.M. toilet (1.6 gallons (5 flushes – 8-gallons), ECT). Should I figure I drew off about another 70 plus gallons? She went dry, I let it sit 5 minutes, it refilled the bladder tank, wait another other 3 hours before I did any other draw, install a new filter. Today I check the pump is cycling, the filter has fine sediment in it, but not too much or to bad (you have to look close at the filter to see it).
It normally takes the washing machine about 5 minutes to fill, it took that long yesterday and this morning it took 6 minutes, but I had allot of new dry towels in the tub. So I figure that that was “soaking” up some water.
Question is the sediment is most likely choke off the refill rate of the well, is this normal in a well this old?
Should I look into hydro fracturing?