I just had a driller drill a well on my property. He ended up at 425' and hit clay the whole way down. He told me that he put in a 1.5 hp 10 gpm pump. Evidently he wasn't able to blow it out because of the depth and now the house and hydrants are spitting out the bentonite clay used in drilling. I let the pump run 3 hours last night hoping to clear out the well, but the flow was nearly nothing when I turned the hydrant off. I had a 5 gallon bucket under the hydrant earlier and measured 4 gallons in a minute, but after reading the site I guess this is not the way to measure GPM.
I wasn't home, but the wife told me they dropped a screen down the pipe? Could this be causing flow issues?
My question is do you guys think this pump is sized correctly for the depth of the well? I have 3 outside hydrants and I live on a 8 acre farm, so I will be irrigating gardens and animals all over the place. The contractor told me that the water level was at 150'. I don't know what height he put the pump.
I wasn't home, but the wife told me they dropped a screen down the pipe? Could this be causing flow issues?
My question is do you guys think this pump is sized correctly for the depth of the well? I have 3 outside hydrants and I live on a 8 acre farm, so I will be irrigating gardens and animals all over the place. The contractor told me that the water level was at 150'. I don't know what height he put the pump.