Water Well Upgrades And Filtration Options

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Is that a bladder tank or a standard air-charge tank? If a bladder tank, then 40 gal is pretty good sized. Next thing is - do you need filtration? If so, for what? That's going to make a big difference in what direction to go.

I ran two tanks in series, the first primarily working as a settling tank (standard 80 gal, non-bladder), followed by a 10 micron and 5 micron filter then the second tank (30 gal, bladder). Further downstream is a water softener. This setup removes nearly all of the bacterial iron...but the wife is really picky, so her drinking water goes through a Berkey with black filters.

Power is provided by 1500w of solar panels and two charge controllers feeding a bit over 1000 a/h VRLA battery bank. 2kw PSW inverter does the hard work. Roughly half the house runs from this 24/7, with more getting added in.

If the pump dies, there is a spare (yes it has been tested) ready to go. If power becomes an issue, there are two ball valves that allow a quick conversion to a hand pump, sans filtering. This is a deep well - over 600 ft., but the water is forced up to within 12 feet of the top of the casing.

 

@Yard Dart any local farm and ranch supply can point you in the right direction for these. Many many ranches have gone from windmills to solar pump systems for remote water locations because of reliability and low maintenance costs.

The best company I know for filtration systems is also in arizona.

Suggestion look at whole home filtration with a by pass for out door watering. You won't regret it.
Benefits Of Whole House Water Filtration In Arizona - Want Soft Water In Arizona?

Skip the reverse osmosis. It's more costly and wastes water.

 

Didn't know where to post this so I picked here. Just found out that in the early 70's my state did a water resource study. Part of that was a detailed analysis of each counties water resources. An appendix to the report for my county listed every water well in the county and its depth by map grid location. Good information to have though old, the dug wells are likely still there. It also listed the location of every natural spring.

 

@T.Riley were you trying to attach a file or just put up a cover page? I only see an image

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