jacharya
New Member
I purchased a 5 bedroom 5 bath home 2 years ago on the Tennessee plateau that has a well. I found the details for the well on a Tennessee government website and am struggling to decipher the details. I have attached to screen shots. The GPM is 2 and I have 250 and 500 gallon storage tanks. Given the low gpm in the report, I would think I would consistently have the tanks emptying, but they are always full. We have 4 adults and three children living in the home. The kids love to take long showers. I also have a large garden and use a fair amount of water in it.
Could the report gmp be wrong? Another oddity is that one month after moving in, our well was hit by lightning and fried the well pump. When they lowered the new pump, they reported it being 40 feet higher then previously. Implying something had caved in at the bottom.
My parents wants to buy the land next door and If we had a sufficient gpm, it seems like it would be cost effective for them to tap into our water system?
Is there a way to check the current gpm? I also want to know because we are under severe drought conditions and being a native Californian, I fear the well running dry.
Could the report gmp be wrong? Another oddity is that one month after moving in, our well was hit by lightning and fried the well pump. When they lowered the new pump, they reported it being 40 feet higher then previously. Implying something had caved in at the bottom.
My parents wants to buy the land next door and If we had a sufficient gpm, it seems like it would be cost effective for them to tap into our water system?
Is there a way to check the current gpm? I also want to know because we are under severe drought conditions and being a native Californian, I fear the well running dry.