Wells?

u gotta love me · 10-02-2007, 08:54 PM

how can you tell if your well is dry or almost dry?

10-02-2007, 09:05 PM

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*RoseRed* ^(Premo) · 10-02-2007, 09:12 PM

Does your water have a sulfer smell?

u gotta love me · 10-02-2007, 09:15 PM

No ... I was taking a shower and the water just stopped and air started coimng out then I turned off the water and turned it back on and brown water started coming out and then it cleared up but still have alot of air in the lines

river rat · 10-02-2007, 09:15 PM

that's a good question

I had a well go dry on me bout 5 years age and I don't recall any warnings or odor before it went dry. I just simply ran our of water. It was a shallow well with a lid on it about 36" in diameter.
Pulled back the lid and the water level was so low it was below the well pipe.
Brought in a water tank to fill it up and the earth took it all. I knew it was crap shoot but had to try it.

river rat · 10-02-2007, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by u gotta love me

No ... I was taking a shower and the water just stopped and air started coimng out then I turned off the water and turned it back on and brown water started coming out and then it cleared up but still have alot of air in the lines

Yep, i think that is a good sign it is low

Kain99 · 10-02-2007, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by river rat

that's a good question

I had a well go dry on me bout 5 years age and I don't recall any warnings or odor before it went dry. I just simply ran our of water. It was a shallow well with a lid on it about 36" in diameter.
Pulled back the lid and the water level was so low it was below the well pipe.
Brought in a water tank to fill it up and the earth took it all. I knew it was crap shoot but had to try it.

Why didn't you turn on the hose and fill it back up?

*cattitude* ^(Premo) · 10-02-2007, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by u gotta love me

No ... I was taking a shower and the water just stopped and air started coimng out then I turned off the water and turned it back on and brown water started coming out and then it cleared up but still have alot of air in the lines

Your well pump motor could have taken a dump....or your air tank might have an issue.

*Dead Eye* ^(Premo) · 10-03-2007, 04:01 AM

What kind of well?

An artesian well is free flowing because it is driven by hydrostatic head (the water source is higher in elevation than the outlet point).

If you were to pump an artesian well at a rate faster than it flows, you might temporarily deplete the water near the outlet but if you stop pumping the well will in time resume flowing.

Only if the upstream source dries up will the well stop flowing.

A shallow well ( less than 25 feet deep ) has the pump above ground. The reason less than 25 feet is due to physics water boils at 212 F at sea level pressure.. Water boils at room temp with enough vacume. The amount of vacume needed to PULL water from 25 feet deep will boil water hence the air in the water from a tap when the water is at 25 feet from the pump suction.

One way to get around this is to digg a hole a few feet deep and put the pump in the hole thus removing a few feet of lift ,to stop the water from boiling in the pipe.

*aps45819* ^(Premo) · 10-03-2007, 07:48 AM

Open the well, tie a weight to a string, drop it down the well till the weight hits bottom, then measure how far up the string it's wet.

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u gotta love me Registered User Member Since: Jun 2007 Posts: 111	No ... I was taking a shower and the water just stopped and air started coimng out then I turned off the water and turned it back on and brown water started coming out and then it cleared up but still have alot of air in the lines
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river rat BUCKING GOAT Member Since: Sep 2005 Location: too far south Posts: 2,138	that's a good question I had a well go dry on me bout 5 years age and I don't recall any warnings or odor before it went dry. I just simply ran our of water. It was a shallow well with a lid on it about 36" in diameter. Pulled back the lid and the water level was so low it was below the well pipe. Brought in a water tank to fill it up and the earth took it all. I knew it was crap shoot but had to try it.
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10-03-2007, 04:01 AM	#9 (permalink)
Dead Eye ^(Premo) T.P.F.er Member Since: Feb 2007 Location: On East Coast Posts: 634	What kind of well? An artesian well is free flowing because it is driven by hydrostatic head (the water source is higher in elevation than the outlet point). If you were to pump an artesian well at a rate faster than it flows, you might temporarily deplete the water near the outlet but if you stop pumping the well will in time resume flowing. Only if the upstream source dries up will the well stop flowing. A shallow well ( less than 25 feet deep ) has the pump above ground. The reason less than 25 feet is due to physics water boils at 212 F at sea level pressure.. Water boils at room temp with enough vacume. The amount of vacume needed to PULL water from 25 feet deep will boil water hence the air in the water from a tap when the water is at 25 feet from the pump suction. One way to get around this is to digg a hole a few feet deep and put the pump in the hole thus removing a few feet of lift ,to stop the water from boiling in the pipe.
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aps45819 ^(Premo) Tin Man Member Since: Nov 2003 Location: Highway to Hell Posts: 31,181	Open the well, tie a weight to a string, drop it down the well till the weight hits bottom, then measure how far up the string it's wet. __________________ The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson
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