Hello, I have a residence with a deep water well. This well isexactly200' deep and water is at around the 175' level. The pump is locatedabout 4' off of the bottom with approximately 20' of water above it.The well is 12" inside diameter steel cased. I checked with thecountyand they do not have any record of the well so it is probably 40yearsold or more. This well produces anywhere from 1 gpm to 7 gpm and therate does not seem to matter if we are having a wet or dry season. Iam curious if there is any consensus from people on this newsgroup ifI should try to improve this well or have another one put in.Currently, the production is adequate, but just barely. The well islocated in the hills in central California. Thanks for suggestions.

theres not much you can do to improve a current well beyond replacingthe pump.its better to drill a new well than screw around with the old one/with a 200 foot deep well and water at 175 feet i would do that soon,since its only producing 7 GPM most new well minimum is 40 to 50 GPM400 or 500 feet should do it, keep your old well intact for washingcars and watering plants etc.you can use it for that and know with your new well much deeper thoseactivites wouldnt ever run you out of water

Well Improvement?

Apr 06, 2008 22 Replies

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dpb 18 years ago

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How big a pump would that be?

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HeyBub 18 years ago

I like this idea. It has the added advantage of buying you some time if something goes amiss.

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dpb 18 years ago

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If you have a short supply well, consider some of the suggestions in the link I posted earlier -- it has some ideas I hadn't thought of not having ever had the problem.

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