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Would like some feedback on proposed well system.
New construction, 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath, just me and the wife, water conservers.
Well just dug by a fantastic well driller who will be giving us an idea of what system to install. But I want to have my own design to bounce of his.
720' deep rotary drilled (air) class 3B well.
10" borehole down to 60'. 6" rest of the way down.
Hit Bedrock at 15'.
6 1/4" PVC Casing down to 60'.
2+ gpm Yield/Recovery
I checked static water level and measured 167'
Total Pump Head: Adding to the elevation head I am adding 160' more of head (friction and psi). So for initial pump turn on at the 167' of static, TPH= 327'.
From what I learned on this forum, and searching the web, and even talking to such folks as Chris Worst (great guy!), here is what I think would be a solid long lasting conventional system:
10GPM 2HP AY McDonald 23000 series (Domestic Stainless Steel) 3 wire.
1 1/4" Schedule 120 drop pipe with tapered threads and stainless elongated couplings.
Flat jacketed electrical wire.
No torque arrestor and no wire standoffs.
No additional check valves beside the internal one in the pump.
No safety wire or rope attached to the pump.
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81 gal pressure tank such as the Amtrol Well-x-Trol WX-255.
Stainless Steel pressure tank Tee Assembly.
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Pump depth set, based upon pump curve and shut off head. I would set it at 590' down the well, which is the shutoff head for this pump (590+160).
That would give us about 380 gallons in the bore that could be pumped in the efficient zone alone, from 167' down to 390', from 14gpm down to 7gpm.
If we needed the water from 390' down to 480' we could still use it an only be operating +/- 10% out of BEP (7 to 5 gpm). I would want some kind of shutoff protection at 480', reserving the right to tap into the remaining 480' to 590' in emergencies.
Would like some feedback on proposed well system.
New construction, 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath, just me and the wife, water conservers.
Well just dug by a fantastic well driller who will be giving us an idea of what system to install. But I want to have my own design to bounce of his.
720' deep rotary drilled (air) class 3B well.
10" borehole down to 60'. 6" rest of the way down.
Hit Bedrock at 15'.
6 1/4" PVC Casing down to 60'.
2+ gpm Yield/Recovery
I checked static water level and measured 167'
Total Pump Head: Adding to the elevation head I am adding 160' more of head (friction and psi). So for initial pump turn on at the 167' of static, TPH= 327'.
From what I learned on this forum, and searching the web, and even talking to such folks as Chris Worst (great guy!), here is what I think would be a solid long lasting conventional system:
10GPM 2HP AY McDonald 23000 series (Domestic Stainless Steel) 3 wire.
1 1/4" Schedule 120 drop pipe with tapered threads and stainless elongated couplings.
Flat jacketed electrical wire.
No torque arrestor and no wire standoffs.
No additional check valves beside the internal one in the pump.
No safety wire or rope attached to the pump.
----------------------
81 gal pressure tank such as the Amtrol Well-x-Trol WX-255.
Stainless Steel pressure tank Tee Assembly.
---------------------
Pump depth set, based upon pump curve and shut off head. I would set it at 590' down the well, which is the shutoff head for this pump (590+160).
That would give us about 380 gallons in the bore that could be pumped in the efficient zone alone, from 167' down to 390', from 14gpm down to 7gpm.
If we needed the water from 390' down to 480' we could still use it an only be operating +/- 10% out of BEP (7 to 5 gpm). I would want some kind of shutoff protection at 480', reserving the right to tap into the remaining 480' to 590' in emergencies.