Shallow Well
New Member
Hello, I live in an area in central Minnesota with $110-$200 water bills/month (thats right per month) just for lawn sprinklers. So I decided to drive a well to remedy the high cost of water.
I drove a 1 1/4 pipe with a 36'' point down 18 feet and no water in the pipe. I then drove down to 25.5' and could not drive any further due to a hard layer. I have water in the pipe now siting static at 17.5 feet below the basement floor. I hooked up the hand pump and it pumps somewhat hard. I hooked up the 1/2 hp jet pump and have a flow rate of 2.5 gpm, or 2 minutes to fill a 5 gallon bucket.
I have stuck the hose down to flush the point, and have also spun the well pipe but spins very hard with a pipe wrench and a 3' extension on the wrench. I thought about pulling the well pipe up a little at a time and checking for flow rate to see if the well could be improved.
The well is driven in a sand soil. The sand seems somewhat fine and not quite clay but maybe a close relative.
I would like to improve the flow rate to at least 5 GPM to run a lawn sprinkler or 2, any ideas or suggestions would be very well recieved.
I drove a 1 1/4 pipe with a 36'' point down 18 feet and no water in the pipe. I then drove down to 25.5' and could not drive any further due to a hard layer. I have water in the pipe now siting static at 17.5 feet below the basement floor. I hooked up the hand pump and it pumps somewhat hard. I hooked up the 1/2 hp jet pump and have a flow rate of 2.5 gpm, or 2 minutes to fill a 5 gallon bucket.
I have stuck the hose down to flush the point, and have also spun the well pipe but spins very hard with a pipe wrench and a 3' extension on the wrench. I thought about pulling the well pipe up a little at a time and checking for flow rate to see if the well could be improved.
The well is driven in a sand soil. The sand seems somewhat fine and not quite clay but maybe a close relative.
I would like to improve the flow rate to at least 5 GPM to run a lawn sprinkler or 2, any ideas or suggestions would be very well recieved.