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I need some advice.
I have 2 wells, well #1 is close to the cabin. It is 300' deep, well log says 80' of static with 1/2 gal / min. The previous owner had this place as a 3 season cabin, and a small commercial garden down on a lower bench. This well did not produce enough water, she aborted this well and had another well drilled closer to her garden, well # 2 is 500' feet horizontally and 100' down the hill from the cabin. It is at 80' and 8 gal/min with 50' static. Water has iron in it.
I moved in here and plumbed the cabin with well # 1. Great water, low iron and there was enough flow initially. We are in here perminatly now, with a couple of bedrooms added on and a family of 4 the well runs dry occasionally. The recovery rate is much slower than .5 g/min. What can I do to keep using this well?
It has been 2 months since we ran out until yesterday but we had ran out several time during the summer. So we are close to making it work with what we have but we are quite conscientious about water conservation.
I will put on a cycle sensor at a minimum.
There is a 40 gal pressure tank. Would a larger tank help, or would it be better to have a storage tank in the system?
There is a shallow water line trenched from the lower well to a hydrant near the cabin she had installed to service the cabin. It freezes later in the winter. If well # 1 is not going to be adequate, can well # 2 be pumped into well # 1 and use well # 1 as storage? I know that is kind of taboo potential contaminating well # 1 but ...
I can trench # 2 properly to the house and use it as a primary or a secondary source.
Any other options?
I'm in the process of trying to figure out the replenish rate of well # 1.
Thanks for your input
Kelly
I have 2 wells, well #1 is close to the cabin. It is 300' deep, well log says 80' of static with 1/2 gal / min. The previous owner had this place as a 3 season cabin, and a small commercial garden down on a lower bench. This well did not produce enough water, she aborted this well and had another well drilled closer to her garden, well # 2 is 500' feet horizontally and 100' down the hill from the cabin. It is at 80' and 8 gal/min with 50' static. Water has iron in it.
I moved in here and plumbed the cabin with well # 1. Great water, low iron and there was enough flow initially. We are in here perminatly now, with a couple of bedrooms added on and a family of 4 the well runs dry occasionally. The recovery rate is much slower than .5 g/min. What can I do to keep using this well?
It has been 2 months since we ran out until yesterday but we had ran out several time during the summer. So we are close to making it work with what we have but we are quite conscientious about water conservation.
I will put on a cycle sensor at a minimum.
There is a 40 gal pressure tank. Would a larger tank help, or would it be better to have a storage tank in the system?
There is a shallow water line trenched from the lower well to a hydrant near the cabin she had installed to service the cabin. It freezes later in the winter. If well # 1 is not going to be adequate, can well # 2 be pumped into well # 1 and use well # 1 as storage? I know that is kind of taboo potential contaminating well # 1 but ...
I can trench # 2 properly to the house and use it as a primary or a secondary source.
Any other options?
I'm in the process of trying to figure out the replenish rate of well # 1.
Thanks for your input
Kelly
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