Low yield well - any value in backflushing?

[Scott Moorman]

I'm new to wells (city boy) and just bought a house with a marginal well (~150ft deep). Marginal meaning we've run out of water at least twice (too much laundry, etc.). The well feeds into 3x 100 gallon tanks and then I've got a jet pump to the pressure tank.

It's currently on a timer (1 minute every hour) - and I've got a Cycle Stop valve coming to replace the timer so I don't worry about the pump running dry.

It seems to vary quite a bit in how much water I get with each run.

The well is obviously the main problem - but would backflushing the well pump help? Is it possible that sometimes it's "clogging" itself up and that's why it is inconsistent in it's output? Would increasing the frequency and shortening the duration help?

Sorry for any dumb questions - I don't know what I don't know yet - but am getting a painful education.

 

[Reach4]

The cycle stop valve would not be the thing to go between the well pump and the atmospheric tanks. You may have been thinking of Cycle Sensor, which shuts down the well pump for a programmable while if the well gets pumped dry.

 

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[Scott Moorman]

The cycle stop valve would not be the thing to go between the well pump and the atmospheric tanks. You may have been thinking of Cycle Sensor, which shuts down the well pump for a programmable while if the well gets pumped dry.

Sorry, you are correct. Cycle Stop was the company - the controller shuts down the pump when it detects the current drop.

 

[Blue Oaks]

Do you have room for larger tanks? My well doesn't hold much water so I have two 3000 gallon tanks.