Hello all,
My wife and I bought a house with an artesian well about 2 years ago. The previous homeowner had rigged an old fashioned hand pump to the existing (electric) well by running 25 ft of black poly pipe down inside the casing. I assume this was an emergency backup in case the power went out so he could have access to water. I didn't like this and tried removing it. Well, the coupling holding one of the pipes must not have been tight and so came loose and the pipe fell into the well as I was pulling this contraption up. So there's now a 5' section of 1/2 in poly pipe stuck inside the well casing.
I have no idea if it's just sitting there alongside the electric pump or if it would sink to the bottom, and I have no clue how deep the well is. As mentioned, it's an artesian well. Besides possibly making it difficult to pull the pump out when it eventually burns out, is there anything else I need to be worried about for now? Or is this something that will be a pain in the *** a couple years down the line and just forget about it now? I can't find an answer online and am worried sick dreaming up scenarios of having to drill a new well, drinking chemically poisoned water, etc... Thanks for any help.
My wife and I bought a house with an artesian well about 2 years ago. The previous homeowner had rigged an old fashioned hand pump to the existing (electric) well by running 25 ft of black poly pipe down inside the casing. I assume this was an emergency backup in case the power went out so he could have access to water. I didn't like this and tried removing it. Well, the coupling holding one of the pipes must not have been tight and so came loose and the pipe fell into the well as I was pulling this contraption up. So there's now a 5' section of 1/2 in poly pipe stuck inside the well casing.
I have no idea if it's just sitting there alongside the electric pump or if it would sink to the bottom, and I have no clue how deep the well is. As mentioned, it's an artesian well. Besides possibly making it difficult to pull the pump out when it eventually burns out, is there anything else I need to be worried about for now? Or is this something that will be a pain in the *** a couple years down the line and just forget about it now? I can't find an answer online and am worried sick dreaming up scenarios of having to drill a new well, drinking chemically poisoned water, etc... Thanks for any help.