Some of you may have read my post about the sulfur situation. I bought a LaMotte sulfur test kit and it is between 18 - 20ppm at the well and 5ppm at the faucet after going through peroxide and carbon. My wife and I have about decided to go a separate route, because we're afraid the high sulfur content is going to continue causing us problems.
There's a natural spring that is approx 200 ft from the house in the edge of the woods. We found this after the well was drilled, and believe it was the water source for the house that was previously on this land. There's a 2ft x 2ft square concrete casing down where the spring is at. It sticks up about a foot above ground, and the water level is about 6" down from the top. I got post hole diggers and dug mud and debris out to about 4 ft deep before hitting what "feels" to be a rock bed. I got a 5 gallon bucket and dumped about 80 gallons of water out, trying to get closer to the bottom. It filled all the way back up in 4 minutes. It appears to have a very good source feeding it.
We're thinking about using this as our water source and bypassing the "the well from hell" completely. Its approx. 200ft from the house (horizontally) and about 10 - 12ft below the house level (vertically), counting the sloped landscape.
What kind of pump should we be looking into, if we go this route? Where would it need to be placed?
Thanks for any advice!
There's a natural spring that is approx 200 ft from the house in the edge of the woods. We found this after the well was drilled, and believe it was the water source for the house that was previously on this land. There's a 2ft x 2ft square concrete casing down where the spring is at. It sticks up about a foot above ground, and the water level is about 6" down from the top. I got post hole diggers and dug mud and debris out to about 4 ft deep before hitting what "feels" to be a rock bed. I got a 5 gallon bucket and dumped about 80 gallons of water out, trying to get closer to the bottom. It filled all the way back up in 4 minutes. It appears to have a very good source feeding it.
We're thinking about using this as our water source and bypassing the "the well from hell" completely. Its approx. 200ft from the house (horizontally) and about 10 - 12ft below the house level (vertically), counting the sloped landscape.
What kind of pump should we be looking into, if we go this route? Where would it need to be placed?
Thanks for any advice!