Hello. This is my first post. I have a historically low-yield well and ran out of water last week. Last June, I had the well pump replaced (1 hp/7 gpm) after Hydrofracking. My well is 500’ deep and the pump is set at 480’. The static level when they installed the pump was 60’, but that was right after it was hydrofracked. When I do the non-scientific test of dropping ice cubes into well, it takes between 12-14 sec. to hit water.
I called the pump guy who installed/cracked the well. He had me turn off the well pump for about 24 hr. to see what would happen. The well did recover a bit, but when I turned the well pimp on, it could never reach the cut-out of 60 psi.
With some help from folks over at GarageJournal (GJ) I lowered the pressure to 30/50 and set the pressure tank at 28 psi. We have water, but I am watching the gauge like a hall. I also have a little light that goes on each time the pump turns on just so I can make sure it doesn’t run continuously.
I called the pump guy every day this last week but once I told him that resetting the pressure switch to 30/50 seemed to allow us to shower, do laundry, run dishwasher (we are being extra careful to not do any of these simultaneously), he told me that he f do isn’t think there was an issue with the pump, but that the water table is just too low. he thinks I need a new well.
I started doing some research on my options and came across the Well Manager system. I called them (they are right here in NJ, a couple hours south of me) and they told me that their system was specifically designed to address low-yield well issues. That sounded great, until I was told it would cost about $7000 for the 210g system with all the controls, and another $1500 for a second 210g poly tank (for a family of four).
Folks over at GJ were convinced I could do this much cheaper by building this myself, which is how I wound up here. I did a search and read through a number of threads and was just asking if folks thought that adding a storage tank to my exit system was the right way to go? I’m not dissing the Well Manager system, but if I could some how replicate that at a lower price, that’s something I would definitely consider.
I’m also not 100% against a new well. If that’s what it needs, then that’s what it needs, but my pump guy hasn’t followed up with getting anybody to come out and discuss this. I did call a local well driller, and while he said he could come out and do the drilling for $15/ft, he more or less wanted me to pick the spot for the new well.
If the storage tank makes sense, hopefully some of the experts here can recommend the size of the tank, the pump/float/switch I would need to tie it in to my existing system, etc.
thanks!
I called the pump guy who installed/cracked the well. He had me turn off the well pump for about 24 hr. to see what would happen. The well did recover a bit, but when I turned the well pimp on, it could never reach the cut-out of 60 psi.
With some help from folks over at GarageJournal (GJ) I lowered the pressure to 30/50 and set the pressure tank at 28 psi. We have water, but I am watching the gauge like a hall. I also have a little light that goes on each time the pump turns on just so I can make sure it doesn’t run continuously.
I called the pump guy every day this last week but once I told him that resetting the pressure switch to 30/50 seemed to allow us to shower, do laundry, run dishwasher (we are being extra careful to not do any of these simultaneously), he told me that he f do isn’t think there was an issue with the pump, but that the water table is just too low. he thinks I need a new well.
I started doing some research on my options and came across the Well Manager system. I called them (they are right here in NJ, a couple hours south of me) and they told me that their system was specifically designed to address low-yield well issues. That sounded great, until I was told it would cost about $7000 for the 210g system with all the controls, and another $1500 for a second 210g poly tank (for a family of four).
Folks over at GJ were convinced I could do this much cheaper by building this myself, which is how I wound up here. I did a search and read through a number of threads and was just asking if folks thought that adding a storage tank to my exit system was the right way to go? I’m not dissing the Well Manager system, but if I could some how replicate that at a lower price, that’s something I would definitely consider.
I’m also not 100% against a new well. If that’s what it needs, then that’s what it needs, but my pump guy hasn’t followed up with getting anybody to come out and discuss this. I did call a local well driller, and while he said he could come out and do the drilling for $15/ft, he more or less wanted me to pick the spot for the new well.
If the storage tank makes sense, hopefully some of the experts here can recommend the size of the tank, the pump/float/switch I would need to tie it in to my existing system, etc.
thanks!