Josh11L
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3 years ago I pulled my sand point which is in my basement and replaced with a new one to the same depth. The old one was drawing very little water so I assumed it was plugged. I assume it was original (installed around 1980). The new point worked great for about 2 years then I noticed it was starting to not draw as much water. Recently my pump has been losing prime due to it not being able to draw water (the static water level is at 15' below my basement and the well is 21' so there is water there). I tried pouring water down the well and it would take a long time to drain. I pulled the point this week and it didn't appear to be clogged but I has already bought a new one so installed it to the same depth 21'. Poured water down the well again and it still wouldn't drain. I jacked the point up to a depth of 19.5' and poured 5 gallons of water down and it disappeared right away so I hooked everything back up and was able to fill up a 5 gallon jug in about 1.5 minutes.
3 days later it started doing the same thing. Not drawing water again. If I crank the tap wide open the pressure drops to near zero and takes about 10 minutes to fill up a 5 gallon jug.
My well is 1 1/4", the point is 3' long, the pump is 1/2 hp. There is iron in my water.
Questions -
1. What has changed why I cannot draw as much water anymore? Water table is still the same level.
2. Could the iron and fine sand have plugged up the area around my well?
3. Do I need to move my well to a different location?
Thanks,
Josh
3 days later it started doing the same thing. Not drawing water again. If I crank the tap wide open the pressure drops to near zero and takes about 10 minutes to fill up a 5 gallon jug.
My well is 1 1/4", the point is 3' long, the pump is 1/2 hp. There is iron in my water.
Questions -
1. What has changed why I cannot draw as much water anymore? Water table is still the same level.
2. Could the iron and fine sand have plugged up the area around my well?
3. Do I need to move my well to a different location?
Thanks,
Josh