Recent content by Waterwelldude

What part of Texas is this? If it is a well set in sand, it should not have any shale in the sand. The shale and sand should not in the same layer.

No one can sue and have a chance in the world of winning. No one can control nature. The well (may) have made the 6gpm when it was drilled, but after two years, who knows what may have happened in the well. Getting the seller to pay for a new well would be easier. From the sound of it, the...

A 1hp pump would (deadhead) at about 490'. That is from a water level of 490' At that depth the water would stop and not flow any higher or build anymore pressure at the well head. This is based on an 8gpm residential submersible.

Go back and read my first post.

NEVER put soap in a water well. If this water is for drinking, you would be in the bathroom for a very long time. If a small child were to drink this water, it could put them in the hospital.

There is nothing that will break it down that I would want in my water. Anything that is put in the well will not only be in your well, but could also go into the water strata, and contaminate it, and render it polluted and unusable. Adding a contaminate to combat a contaminate is never a good...

Pumping the well will do no good. Oil is lighter than water, and will float on top of the water. When pumping a well the water will come in from the bottom. To get oil out of a well, it must be bailed out. It is very time consuming. Trying to use air to blow it out will be a waste of time as...

Does the well blow the air after the pump shuts of or is it all the time? If its just when the pump shuts off, that is the well replacing the water that was just pumped out.

I hope you are joking. That is the dumbest statement I have ever heard. Its VERY dangerous, it can kill you if any spark comes close to it, it makes the well useless, and has the potential to blow the house up or anything else its plumbed to.

We have quite a few old 3" well around. We have put in the Grundfos 3", and are getting good luck out of them. Several are over ten years old and still going. Just stay away from any of the variable speed set-ups.

Yep,sounds like your well is running out of water. If you leave the pump off for one hour,and then turn it on, does it pump good for a little while them drop off?

Ok, makes a lot more sense now.

I find that hard to believe. Did your well have a screen in it? I have washed out the sand in an old well, but the sand cant be pushed back into the ground. Now mud on the other hand can be pushed back, but it will come back into the well if water is pumped out of the well no matter what...

Could also mean the driller did not finish developing the well, or the screen is not the correct size.

Using a hydro Pneumatic tank would be the way to go in your case. There is a hole on the side of the tank to place an "air release". That way if your pump put too much air in, the air release will let out the excess. Trying to patch an old tank is a waste of time. It can be done and may buy...