KHB1
New Member
First I would like to say I just found this site and I want to express what a great place to read and the knowledge offered by contributors.
I am retired, live 100 miles from a property I own 5 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The closest house or road is over one half mile away. I have a self contained travel trailer and camp there often. My main use is for a large garden and the wife and I enjoy fresh and canned organic vegetables. Six years ago I drove a well there with no knowledge of what I was doing to a depth of 43' with a static water level of 13' the well was ok for some time but it got to the point I could not get water with the pitcher pump. I built a 36' X 36' storage building and placed open topped barrels under the eaves to catch rain water. This year has been dry and irrigation has been sparse.
I want to wash in a well there and don't want to make the same errors I did before.
I am only planing to use the water for irrigation and some sand is no concern to me
The only advertised well driller in the county is very uncooperative and will share no information.
Question #1 how do I determine the size screen point to use
If I use a 2" casing pipe with a 3/4" wash pipe in the center I should be able to sample the sand at different depths and measure (micrometer) the granules from the up flow.
Question #2 is there a collation between the gradual size and well point mesh size
Thanks in advance KHB1
I am retired, live 100 miles from a property I own 5 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The closest house or road is over one half mile away. I have a self contained travel trailer and camp there often. My main use is for a large garden and the wife and I enjoy fresh and canned organic vegetables. Six years ago I drove a well there with no knowledge of what I was doing to a depth of 43' with a static water level of 13' the well was ok for some time but it got to the point I could not get water with the pitcher pump. I built a 36' X 36' storage building and placed open topped barrels under the eaves to catch rain water. This year has been dry and irrigation has been sparse.
I want to wash in a well there and don't want to make the same errors I did before.
I am only planing to use the water for irrigation and some sand is no concern to me
The only advertised well driller in the county is very uncooperative and will share no information.
Question #1 how do I determine the size screen point to use
If I use a 2" casing pipe with a 3/4" wash pipe in the center I should be able to sample the sand at different depths and measure (micrometer) the granules from the up flow.
Question #2 is there a collation between the gradual size and well point mesh size
Thanks in advance KHB1