Hydrofracking for POND ...

[ALAN CHEZ]

I have a 2 acre pond ..Leaking ... almost half filed during summer.IN winter it is fine ...
Wanted to run water to top it off. first was thinking of drilling a well... second to hydro frack mt well so it gets more water....
I did put a new 1 Hp ( replaced 1;2 HP ) pump in the 175 foot deep .. Pumps like mad but after 15 minutes.I have no water in my house??? COUld be pressure tank ??? help help help....

 

[Reach4]

It could not be the pressure tank.

Watch the pump current (putting a clamp-around ammeter around one hot wire) during that 15 minutes. What happens?

 

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[Jadnashua]

It sounds like either the pump is shutting itself down (thermal overload?) or is pulling the well level down so far, there is no water to pump. A natural pond can only exist when the water table is high enough, or there's an artesian source. If the water level in the pond drops in the summer, unless you're pumping or using a lot of that water, it implies the water table is dropping. Your well may not be deep enough for the current conditions or it is plugged up and water can't get into it fast enough.