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My irrigation system is powered by a shallow well. I live in south Florida. A few months ago my pump seized up. It was 1hp. I hadn’t noticed there was a problem until I saw some brown/dry spots in my yard. I replaced it with a 3/4hp that I got a good deal on, hoping it work. It worked, but...

i am having trouble getting water up to a second pad on my property. Well depth: 100’ Water: 20’ Casing: 6” Pump: Starite 2hp/15GPM Elevation: 250’ (from well head, overestimated) Pipe size and length: 400’ @1-1/4 I am currently not using a tank or pressure switch because the pump should...

I have a manufactured home on a well system with storage tanks underneath. Currently I am running a 1/2hp Wayne pump with a CSV set st 40psi. I am looking at a rinnai tankless with PVC venting but the manual states that it needs 60-80psi for optimal performance and 50psi minimum. Would it even...

Hi! I purchased a house that has a sandpoint well installed in ~1990. This is a direct driven point well (no casing) that is a 2" steel pipe that is only used for an underground irrigation system. When I did the washer-on-a-string method, I measured a depth of 23 feet until I hit the bottom so...

We have a well and our waterline going into the house is 1.5 inches. Our interior water lines aren’t 1.5 inch so that’s why I’m thinking I can use an adapter to 1 inch. We don’t want to drastically lose water pressure though. Please let me know your thoughts and if it’s advisable.

I recently had a well drilled. We went 760' with only 1 GPM. I hydrofractured the well and the flow went up to 16 GPM. At 140' he was pumping 16GPM and the water level remained flat. The static water level is about 30'. My irrigation system was designed on city water at 14 GPM and 60psi...

The pressure check valve on my well wont stop running, no matter what I do. Unless i turn the breaker off to the well. If i don't it runs non stop. Any help would be very appreciated

Okay, here is what I did in order. 1. Pre Fall of 2017 my irrigation system worked great. 2. Fall of 2017, my pump kept tripping a breaker – 2 HP turbine 2” suction, 1 ½ output. 3. I live close to the ocean, it was old and I didn’t know what to do so I replaced the motor and...

Hi everyone, I recently installed a GE self-contained 30,000 grain water softener. I am on a well I tested my water “straight” and it came back with 6.43 Grains Per Gallon hard with .03 ppm of iron. I have a filter pre-softener I replace every two weeks. I am curious if anyone has experience...

I bought a house with a well. Shortly after moving in a was getting some air mixed with the water. I called a well company, they came out and replaced the upper and lower check valves. There was no air for two weeks after that. Then the air returned and has progressively gotten worse. It seems...

Hello, I recently purchased a house with well water. There was low pressure in all the faucets so i redid the piping between the pressure switch and the storage tank (something was clogged). I also added a pressure relief valve and relocated the drain. Attached are before and after pictures...

Hello All - I'm looking to install a timer based recirculation pump for my hot water lines. My design is below. A couple of things to note: The master bath and basement sink are the furthest fixtures from the WH The hot supply to the basement sink will be disconnected and used as the return...

Four years ago I had an 860 ft deep well drilled in western north Carolina. Last year they installed a galvanized drop pipe and pump about 800 ft down. The county water test showed high zinc at 20mg/litre (should be less than 5) but everything else including lead was normal. pH is neutral. I...

I am designing a water system for a single family home, and I have some questions. Here is the situation: The well will be located way down a hill from the home. Pipe run from well head to home will be about 1100 feet long. The elevation difference is 150 feet. The well might end up being about...

I heard a gurgling noise near my deep well jet pump, but everything seemed to be working normally. I didn't know where my well is in my yard, so I called a well pump contractor and asked if he could find it. I told him that the lines were plastic, and he said "that is okay, they usually have a...

We purchased a house last March and in July, our well pump died. We had it changed and ever since, we get air in our water lines after the sprinklers run for a while. We didn’t have the issue before, we installed the same 3hp submersible pump and the same controller box. The water level is at...

I am purchasing a new home and found this concern. In the front yard is the 24"Diameter well casing about foot tall. Has a cement 80lb cement lid. Water is flowing over the edge as seen in photo. This appears to have been flowing for many years. Algae has formed on side of well in the flowing...

Hi All, During Hurricane Harvey my home flooded, and the pressure tank on my water well floated, and broke the well head, casing, etc. I have a packer well system, with a 3/4 hp horizontal pump, that has a 2" casing, and a 1 1/4" inner pipe. I repaired the broken casing with a 2" coupler and...

Hello, I am in Chile and the workers here have a very unique way of doing things. The plumbing is such that when I have the water coming from the well, directly into the house, it also goes up the pipe to the base of the water tank, stops there and comes back down and into the house (first...

Hi there, I’ve tried searching the forums and came up with a lot of useful information but have not completely answered all of my questions for our exact scenario. We’ve been having water supply issues in our shallow dug well for awhile and we’re lucky enough that our neighbours let us fill up...