I'm at a loss for ideas. I have a shallow 2" sand point well adjacent to a lake in Northern Wisconsin. The well point is down 22.5 feet and water in pipe is at 7.75 feet from the surface. I have a check valve between the pump and the 2" well casing. I have a 1 hp shallow well pump. On discharge side I have 3.5 gallon bladder tank right next to pump. Inside the house I have a filter and a 10 gallon bladder tank. Pump is set to kick on at 30 and off at 52. I can only manage 1/2 gallon per minute. With the bladder tanks we can get by but I'd like to increase the gpm to 2 or 3 gpm, life would be a lot easier.
Today I took off the cap at the T between the well and the pump. When I did that the water was near the top and it slowly sunk to 7.75 foot level.
In previous years I had other sand point wells in the area, 15 feet deep and had plenty of water.
Is it possible my point is plugged? Is it possible I am too deep, went through water vein?
I'm too tight to hire a well driller so....
Any advice would be appreciated.
tomahawkpaul
Today I took off the cap at the T between the well and the pump. When I did that the water was near the top and it slowly sunk to 7.75 foot level.
In previous years I had other sand point wells in the area, 15 feet deep and had plenty of water.
Is it possible my point is plugged? Is it possible I am too deep, went through water vein?
I'm too tight to hire a well driller so....
Any advice would be appreciated.
tomahawkpaul