We have a shallow well (maybe 25') that is only used for watering the yard, etc. It's a 1 1/4" inlet to a 1/2 hp shallow well jet pump on a pad at the surface with a bronze checkvalve just before the pump. No tank.
Occasionally I get a fine sand through the hose, usually after shutting the water off at the gate valve outlet and then turning it back on shortly afterward. I tried running the hose into a 40 gallon trash can for several hours and got no sand in the bottom, so it pumps clean when left alone. The sand is clogging nozzles and eating the bronze bearing in my travelling lawn sprinkler. I have also used this well with my pressure washer.
My question is, is there any way to trap this sand before it gets to the hose? Or anything I can do to the well itself to cure this problem?
Fritz
Occasionally I get a fine sand through the hose, usually after shutting the water off at the gate valve outlet and then turning it back on shortly afterward. I tried running the hose into a 40 gallon trash can for several hours and got no sand in the bottom, so it pumps clean when left alone. The sand is clogging nozzles and eating the bronze bearing in my travelling lawn sprinkler. I have also used this well with my pressure washer.
My question is, is there any way to trap this sand before it gets to the hose? Or anything I can do to the well itself to cure this problem?
Fritz