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Frank[_24_]

On 4/19/2018 4:03 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 19 Apr 2018 13:34:00 -0500, dpb wrote:

On 4/19/2018 9:44 AM, BOBBY w CARLISLE wrote:
replying to Pierce Kiltoff, BOBBY w CARLISLE wrote:
i have a slow recovering well about 165 ft deep the well was here long
before
i bought the place what can i do to increase the amount of water .some
suggested clean the well screen with a well screen brush .i have pulled the
pump before so i know what it is involved .any suggestions would help
without bunch of money

Where's the current water level and what was it when the well was dug?

In all likelihood, the water table is simply lower now and the only
thing you can do is drop the pump deeper; presuming there's still some
depth below where the pump is set.

If not, it's likely new well time or live with it.

We're in same shape here...table was 128-130' in '66; now it's about
140'. If you're lucky you know who drilled the well and they've still
got the records and can tell you what it was...

This might not apply to deeper drilled wells or your soil conditions -
- our well was only ~ 45 feet deep but -
after many years of struggling with low flow -
we had it " blown out " - a small tanker truck with a big honkin
air compressor - blew the silt out from the bottom of the well ..
It made a big immediate difference - not sure about long-term.
John T.

That's something good to know and it is a good topic to discuss even
though op post is over 10 years old.

I had high recovery rate on mine when house was built over 40 years ago
but my next door neighbors well developed very low flow and a new one
was dug. It was only about 20 ft from the old one so maybe it could
have been blown out too.

I think they want a recovery rate of at least 3 gallons a minute and
mine was said to be 15. I know a guy with only one gallon recovery rate
and he had to install a large holding tank for his house.

Aquifers are apparently not pools of water or streams but just highly
porous rocks. I have a sediment filter that I need change every 6
months or so when flow slows down.

I don't mess with my bladder tank pressure but being a bladder it could
gradually leak air and need to be pumped to proper pressure. I had to
have my tank replaced twice as tanks themselves developed a leak.