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This reply keeps bothering me. Probably because it's bum advice. There are other things to check into first.:ashamed:
Sharing an Aquifer Problems?
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This reply keeps bothering me. Probably because it's bum advice. There are other things to check into first.:ashamed:
Well,if it is a lack of water problem,than drilling a deeper well for more storage might be the only answer,what else could you do other than drilling a new well and trying to hit another vein.
Around here w.v.,you can go 50 ft and hit different water,different source,different gal a min,different quality of water,why,beats me,must just be veins of water going all kinds of directions at different depths and different amounts,holes,filled up voids in different kind of rock,but its a fact.
Around here w.v.,you can go 50 ft and hit different water,different source,different gal a min,different quality of water,why,beats me,must just be veins of water going all kinds of directions at different depths and different amounts,holes,filled up voids in different kind of rock,but its a fact.
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Here in N.E. GA... Our water table is generally lowest in September and October...
The old saying around here is "if you make it through October..." meaning the springs are lowest then...
It may be that never sharing the same source before the OP may have not been aware that the water table is lower this time of year??
The old saying around here is "if you make it through October..." meaning the springs are lowest then...
It may be that never sharing the same source before the OP may have not been aware that the water table is lower this time of year??
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I like that Aquifers and Wells graphic. Around here you can find water a 10' or so... or used to be able to before the farmers put in tile and dug drainage ditches so they can work their fields earlier... below that is the aquifer that most people have their wells in and below that is apparently a confined aquifer that produces artesian wells. I was never quite clear on how the artesian part worked but that graphic demonstrates it pretty well. Thanks!
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Goose.......THANKS for the link....Very informative stuff and then the links out of there are great.........
/pine ......Yes, I am aware that October is the dry season and therefore the water level would be at it's lowest....Actually, watching the spring fed streams and ponds around here, it would seem that the previous 3 years have been worse than this year........
I guess the suggestion of going deeper will be an option; but one I really hate to invest in. The neighbor, is pretty much through with his irrigating for this year so I think to see if MY problem continues to happen will tell me if I have a pump/system issue...........THANKS GUYS..........God bless........Dennis
/pine ......Yes, I am aware that October is the dry season and therefore the water level would be at it's lowest....Actually, watching the spring fed streams and ponds around here, it would seem that the previous 3 years have been worse than this year........
I guess the suggestion of going deeper will be an option; but one I really hate to invest in. The neighbor, is pretty much through with his irrigating for this year so I think to see if MY problem continues to happen will tell me if I have a pump/system issue...........THANKS GUYS..........God bless........Dennis
Well,,,,,city people moving into the country can create problems,,[what did you say,watering acres of new yard on a water well??]crazy to begin with,than those water cleaners that flush use a whole lot of water to do that too,,
We got two wells,but we would be replacing pumps every year if we tried to do what some do,,guess it all depends on your well and where you live,but here that stuff wouldn't work,,[except for a lucky few],,not for your neighbor but for you. And maybe he will learn that real quick where you're at too.
I grew up with hand pumps,,you wouldn't be watering a acre yard with a hand pump
,,we never ran out of water and wells were sometimes[mostly] older hand dug wells,,but modern times is here,electric pumps,ones that pump what,30 gal a min?untill they run out of water to pump,,but,,still the same water source that we used to hand pump out of and drop buckets down into[well,maybe even less of a water source in many cases.]
We of course like every body else,use alot more water than we did when I was growing up,but even now,with two water wells,I don't water my yard or my garden or wash cars,or in general,use any more water than I have to out of those wells,maybe 150 or so gal a day,,bet we didn't average 50 gal a day when we was hand pumping it,most days except wash day,probably didn't use more than 20-30 gal[no inside tolet,no shower or bathtub,no dishwasher,etc]
When you move to a location without city water,city sewer,,you got to make adjustments to your water useage.
We got two wells,but we would be replacing pumps every year if we tried to do what some do,,guess it all depends on your well and where you live,but here that stuff wouldn't work,,[except for a lucky few],,not for your neighbor but for you. And maybe he will learn that real quick where you're at too.
I grew up with hand pumps,,you wouldn't be watering a acre yard with a hand pump
,,we never ran out of water and wells were sometimes[mostly] older hand dug wells,,but modern times is here,electric pumps,ones that pump what,30 gal a min?untill they run out of water to pump,,but,,still the same water source that we used to hand pump out of and drop buckets down into[well,maybe even less of a water source in many cases.]We of course like every body else,use alot more water than we did when I was growing up,but even now,with two water wells,I don't water my yard or my garden or wash cars,or in general,use any more water than I have to out of those wells,maybe 150 or so gal a day,,bet we didn't average 50 gal a day when we was hand pumping it,most days except wash day,probably didn't use more than 20-30 gal[no inside tolet,no shower or bathtub,no dishwasher,etc]
When you move to a location without city water,city sewer,,you got to make adjustments to your water useage.
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Dennis,
It could just be a bad check valve or your purification system putting air into the system. If you have an iron filter that uses a compressor, that would be my first guess how air is getting in your system.
Joe
It could just be a bad check valve or your purification system putting air into the system. If you have an iron filter that uses a compressor, that would be my first guess how air is getting in your system.
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Joe....How does one run a test on a check valve.........Is that the little inline box gizmo that injects a bit of air into the system?......Seems I had a bad one awhile back and it got replaced because it was leaking........No compressor on the filter. Just a timer that kicks water through a tank with the filter medium at high pressure from the pump and then it bypasses out the drain line. That's why it uses most of the water from the pump and the system itself. It is on a timer and is set for the middle of the night.
Sometimes due to power losses and such the clock gets messed up and it runs during the day. One can tell it is doing it's thing as the water pressure is WAY down; but there is still water flow and a bit of pressure................
Thanks for the thoughts........Guess I will just keep my eyes open and ears alert for the air explosion when I flush the second floor toilet in the mornings....Again, it has done this only twice perhaps a week apart.......My pump/well guy is a really good guy and advises me over the phone.......perhaps it's time to call him....Sure would like to figure this out so will see and call if it does it again.....Dennis
Sometimes due to power losses and such the clock gets messed up and it runs during the day. One can tell it is doing it's thing as the water pressure is WAY down; but there is still water flow and a bit of pressure................
Thanks for the thoughts........Guess I will just keep my eyes open and ears alert for the air explosion when I flush the second floor toilet in the mornings....Again, it has done this only twice perhaps a week apart.......My pump/well guy is a really good guy and advises me over the phone.......perhaps it's time to call him....Sure would like to figure this out so will see and call if it does it again.....Dennis
Check valve is just a one way valve,water flows one way but flapper disk close if water tries to go the other way,more or less...you can go to hardware store and say,,let me see a check valve.[they got arrows on them.]
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