Any water well experts here?

[fc227]

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?

 

[charlief1]

Fracking may or may not help. It could even cause it to go dry. How much rain have you had in the last few months? Your aqifer may be dry in the area. We get this in the summer some times

 

[fc227]

We just lost the "frost" in the ground about 3 weeks ago and there has not been much rain since then. We had snow before that , but I don't know how much of that soak though the frost.

The water table is likely low.

 

[charlief1]

Kinda what I figured. Like I said, we have this happen in the summer sometimes. If there isn't a lot of rain soon you may have it happen more. We're under a burn ban right now because it's so dry right now.

 

[fc227]

I got home and no water pressure went down stairs, to find the water tank burst, 2” of water in the basement.

I called five plumbers, only one talked to me the others never called back and I told them I needed it fixed tonight.

So… Home Depot had a tank, ran over there picked it up and replaced it my self. $200.00 and about $2000.00 aggravation. My Dad although he is 70 (He lives next door), took the fitting off the old tank when I picked up the new tank.

Well, I don’t know how dry the well went because she was still pushing water out and it was ½ hour since my wife last ran the water at the faucet.

OH the Joys of home ownership!

 

[charlief1]

LOL Just think, you now have an underground water source. Stock it and the you can call it a fish farm for tax purposes. LOL

 

[fc227]

I have one small leak one drip every ½ hour (tank to tee); I put a rag under it because I have had enough for now, I have found that these usually seal them self’s off after a while. , Since it is a dirt basement with a field stone foundation on ledge that is the driest part of the basement.