marcusj
New Member
Bill,
Thanks for your thoughts. I agree that it would be desirable to separate the geothermal water form the household water. However, there really is no distinction here between shallow and deep wells. I'm a mile from Lake Michigan and everything is sand. There is plenty of water and it is all less than 75'. My well is 50'. The issue is the water quality. There can be iron, sulphur, and tannins as speedbump experienced in Florida. My water is marginal and I'm having it tested before I run it through the geothermal unit. I may try another slightly deeper well, but if I go to that expense and get better water quality, then I want the better water for the house as well so I'm back to a combined usage for the well. You mentioned one well with two pumps - that never occurred to me. Is that common?
Thanks for your thoughts. I agree that it would be desirable to separate the geothermal water form the household water. However, there really is no distinction here between shallow and deep wells. I'm a mile from Lake Michigan and everything is sand. There is plenty of water and it is all less than 75'. My well is 50'. The issue is the water quality. There can be iron, sulphur, and tannins as speedbump experienced in Florida. My water is marginal and I'm having it tested before I run it through the geothermal unit. I may try another slightly deeper well, but if I go to that expense and get better water quality, then I want the better water for the house as well so I'm back to a combined usage for the well. You mentioned one well with two pumps - that never occurred to me. Is that common?