Well water

I would get my 300' tape measure put a 3/4" dia bolt on the end and drop it down the well like I always do.

 

Sure you can a submersible pump on the end of the new poly pipe, never needs to be primed. 1 1/4"Poly pipe has no joints, you can get it in lenghts of up to 400'. You can pull it up by hand if it's less then 75' Dean Bennet supply out of Colorado has everything you need. I can pull my pump 58' in ten minutes, by hand.

 

They use to easier to change: 1 1/4" poly pipe and a submersible is the best way to go. Jet pumps will need to be primed if you loose electric. The bleach works good, putting a water hose tot the bottom of the well with a short piece of pipe on it will allow one to keep the well casing cleaned out. Turn the hose on and allow the pump to expell the rest without putting it through your total system.

 

If your tank isn't a bladder type you need to drain it about every two months to ensure it has a volume of air in it.Otherwise you loose the air volume and the pump will be used in a way it shouldn't be. Reducing it's life expectantcy and uping your electric bill. Always use a in line filter.

 

I've had submersibles last twelve years and some last two years, never liked jet pumps. With the new poly pipe 1 1/4" you can pull a wel 75" in ten minutes by hand. Submersibles can deliver up to 550 gpm on irrigation 16" wells I use 25-35 gpm on the house, I've got two pumps on the same pipe a 115vac and a 230vac, just use a tee in the system one pump above the other. The 115vac pump is solar power off a aims power inverter.If you loose power long enough Jet pumps wwill loose there prime.

 

I've got three wells on the ranch best way to clean it upis to drop a water hose with a short18" piece of pipe to the bottom of the well and use the pump to clean the well casing. Figure out how not to send the silt through your system. On my irrigation wells I've pumped so much water at 550gpm I've created sink holes bigger than my one ton chevy. If you ever have to fill in around a well casing use old chain link fencing and gravel.

 

I've got three wells, I don't drink from them. I drink bottled water. Well water is fine for everything else. I might buy a reverse osmosis set up soon.

 

I have a submersible pump in my well @ 270' been ther 30 years with the same pressure switch.

 

That is a mistake , the pressure switch should be replaced about every two years. What happens is the 3/8 pipe to them gets rust or debri in them. This will allow the pump to continue to run until something breaks, usally the pressure tank. The switchs are cheap on E-bay for about $16.00. anothe thought is use two of them. I maintain five well sites, three on this property alone. Dean Bennet supply out of Colorado has an oline catolog, or they will send you one if you need it. Great company.

 

That is a mistake , the pressure switch should be replaced about every two years. What happens is the 3/8 pipe to them gets rust or debri in them."

That follows that all other metal parts should be stainless steel.

 

72 feet Imeant to say @ 515 feet your your jet pump shouldn't work at all. I deepest well 138' foot deep 38' to water. My house well 68' water @ 20' My irrigation well in use 90' and 18' to water and it will produce 550gallons per minute. It is 16" in diameter. I don't think I would buy a property if I had to drill a well 515 feet deep.

 

I use multiple bladder tanks, and they are alot better. They seem to last about seven years here.

 

I couldn't afford stainless, the poly pipe takes care of the well site, then I use galvanized pipe to the pressure tanks and PVC for the yard/ copper inside the house.

 

I have to maintain the two 16" wells to keep the water rights in effect, I use them on the fields for the bemuda grass, which feeds the livestock. The 8" well is for the house/ garden only. Over the years I have come up with a maintence plan to keep every going. The 8" well has two pumps on the poly pipe. one is solar powered the other is 230vac, both are submersibles. You can pick them up on ebay for about $250 for the 230vac and $185 for the 114vac. I order them in bulk, with the pressure swicthes, and guages. I have family memebers with wells in this area.I supply them with parts.