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    testing an old fieldstone well

    I thought of that, and you never know unless you try, but I cringe to think about driving anything down through the ground around me. Fieldstone everywhere! I might give it a shot this weekend but I think my chances of not hitting a rock are probably pretty slim. Still might not be a bad...
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    testing an old fieldstone well

    I checked this morning. 9:30 hours after removing the pump and im back up to 10'8" to water. I thought about restricting the pump and trying to find a steady state, I also roughly calculated how many gallons seem to be refilling the well per hour. Looks like somwhere in the ballpark of 20...
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    testing an old fieldstone well

    So I pried the cement lid off the well tonight. 10'6" to water and 12'6" to the bottom. I found an old 1/4HP sump in the basement and hooked it to a 100' garden hose and it is putting out right around 5 GPM. It also is making no difference in the water level at all so I guess I will be...
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    testing an old fieldstone well

    I have an old fieldstone well that I would like to use for a sprinkler system. I know nothing about this wells yeild and after quite a bit of searching havnt found much on how to check. The well is about 2 feet wide and maybe 20 feet deep. The water level is maybe 12 feet down. I would have...
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