I have a well on my site that has been performing well for 10 years.
During this year, the pressure dropped significantly. Its now down to approx. 1 gpm.
The local water company came out to take a look. The guy told me the issue was with my pressure tank and replaced it. That didn't solve the problem.
He then told me it was the well pump, and set about replacing that. That didn't solve the problem either.
His new theory is that the yield in the well has dropped, possibly due to fissures in the rock getting filled up with sediment. He is now proposing to get a guy in to drop dynamite into the well to open up the fissures.
This all sounds fine, but to my logic, if there was less water getting into the well from the aquifer, I should experience occasions where the water in the well drops to levels where the pump can no longer extract water eg during peak usage times.
Also, if this were the issue, I would expect that after times when we have been away from the house for a number of days, that the well would refill, and pressure would be restored.
Neither is true. The pressure from the well is a constant 1 gpm, regardless of over-usage or lack of usage.
Does anyone have any other suggestions re. why the pressure would have dropped? I'm not confident that the issue is the supply of water to the well, and don't really want to have someone dynamite it unless I am 100% sure that is the problem.
Also, wouldn't some sort of intermediate storage tank solution be a better option? My cistern refills no problem. We always have sufficient pressurised water in our bathroom sinks, showers, appliances etc. The only issue is the direct feed from the well to the kitchen cold tap.
During this year, the pressure dropped significantly. Its now down to approx. 1 gpm.
The local water company came out to take a look. The guy told me the issue was with my pressure tank and replaced it. That didn't solve the problem.
He then told me it was the well pump, and set about replacing that. That didn't solve the problem either.
His new theory is that the yield in the well has dropped, possibly due to fissures in the rock getting filled up with sediment. He is now proposing to get a guy in to drop dynamite into the well to open up the fissures.
This all sounds fine, but to my logic, if there was less water getting into the well from the aquifer, I should experience occasions where the water in the well drops to levels where the pump can no longer extract water eg during peak usage times.
Also, if this were the issue, I would expect that after times when we have been away from the house for a number of days, that the well would refill, and pressure would be restored.
Neither is true. The pressure from the well is a constant 1 gpm, regardless of over-usage or lack of usage.
Does anyone have any other suggestions re. why the pressure would have dropped? I'm not confident that the issue is the supply of water to the well, and don't really want to have someone dynamite it unless I am 100% sure that is the problem.
Also, wouldn't some sort of intermediate storage tank solution be a better option? My cistern refills no problem. We always have sufficient pressurised water in our bathroom sinks, showers, appliances etc. The only issue is the direct feed from the well to the kitchen cold tap.