ksedwards
New Member
I have a 2" steel casing that is 28 years old. The Static water table fluctuates, but was around 18'. I ran a shallow well pump until 2011. That year the water table dropped to about 28' and shallow well pump stopped "pulling". I installed a jet pump with the venturi about 50' down. everything was working fine until a few weeks ago. It appears that I now have a hole in the casing somewhere, as I am loosing pressure back into the well and the pump is cycling. I have looked for narrow submersibles, I have looked for a way to reline the casing, but keep coming up empty. I have planted Apple and Peach trees, so access to the well to re-drill would require killing quite a few fruit trees. Tomorrow I am going to pull the jet up to ensure it is not the check value, and re-install to about 35' and hope that it is above the hole in the casing. I could go back to shallow well, but at some point the water table will drop again. I know that there must be others with similar problems. Anyone know a "fix"? (like a narrow submersible)?