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Thanks to everybody who took the time to reply and explain. I do have a one inch diameter check valve installed at the inlet of the well pipe to the house; the check valve is located directly after the new 1" gate valve. The pressure tank will be about one foot further inside the house. About...

The psi gauge is located within one foot inside the one inch diameter galvanized inlet from the community well. That gauge drops to about 15psi when the downstairs water fixtures are flowing and to about 5psi when the upstairs water fixtures are flowing. As noted above, I have read from other...

Mom lived in a two story house on a community well until she died last year; the well house is sixty feet away. A psi gauge on the galvanized 1" diameter inlet on the first floor reads 66 psi. The first floor toilet, sink, and shower have acceptable volume and one can take a shower for five...