On 8/14/2018 5:06 PM, Arlen Holder wrote:
On 14 Aug 2018 10:11:28 GMT, dpb wrote:

Wonder if he knows what the down-hole pump capacity/HP rating
is...that'd give an idea what its output is.

The new well here put out 75 gpm w/ an almost wore-out oilfield 10 hp
rig for the test/cleanout run...it probably has at least 3X the
capacity; put a 3 in the hole that's between 25-30 gpm which is plenty
for the house and cattle...

Holy ****. The tank input line has a flow gauge which goes round and round
which NEVER indicates more than about 6 gallons a minute and which can only
do that fast pace for only a few minutes before it shuts down.

That's a small well here...irrigation wells may be as much as 800-1000
gpm. altho more common in the lower hundreds than above 500 any more as
water table has dropped.

OK, that and your follow-up on capacity reserve answers the Q?. It's
almost a dry hole but while fortunately it's not an issue of such
limited supply not familiar with personally I do know there are large
areas in particularly mountainous regions without large aquifers to tap
into.

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