On Apr 25, 7:17*am, Mikepier wrote:
OK here is another test I did. I have a Wayne portable pump. It is
self priming, and hose bibs for the inlet and outlet. I stuck a 10
foot house down the well and sucked all the water out. The water did
not return to it's steady state level until about 3-4 minutes later.
Does this imply the screen is clogged , or there is a problem with the
well? It seems there should be a steady supply of water if I'm sucking
it out with my portable pump.

Hmmm...that sounds like the 'recovery rate' of the well is too slow to
be of use.

Back to your pump for a bit of clarification.

When you first fire it up, does it pump what looks like a normal flow
and then go to a trickle? If it does, that is another clue that the
well does not have sufficient in-flow to be of much use.

Harry K