I know there are a lot of guys that know about water wells on here and I also know there are a bunch of rednecks so I need to put that knowledge together to help me figure out what is going on with my water well so I can fix it.
The water well I am having issues with is on a 15 acre piece of land that use to be an emu farm. This piece of land has about 15 pens, 3 large fields, a barn, and a building all with water from the well. There is a well head in a round concrete housing outside and a shed that we call our well house. In the well house we have the pressure tank, pressure switch, backflow valve, gauge, etc. In the well head housing there is just the pipe coming out of the ground that does a U turn and goes back into the ground. On it there is a backflow valve. In the well house the pipe comes in, goes through another backflow valve, to the pressure switch, to the pressure tank, and then back out.
Now for my problem. The water to the south of the well seems to be on a different line than the remainder of the land. It seems like it doesn't come from the pressure tank, but directly from the well. Maybe it splits off before the well house. The reason I say this is that when I have done work on the well I can have zero pressure in the pressure tank and all the lines to the north do not work, but the lines to the south have full pressure. Once it builds up pressure they all work the same UNTIL NOW. I have had this land for 18 years and just this week it has become a problem. Now the lines to the south DO NOT work if the pressure tank is full and the pump is not working. Once the pressure switch shuts off the pump, the lines to the south have no pressure. If I bleed off the pressure and cause the pressure switch to turn the pump on, then all the lines have equal good pressure.
My thought is that the line comes from the pump and splits before it goes to the well house. One goes to the well house and the other goes to the south lines. Maybe there is a backflow valve that was not working for all these years and now it has started working so the lines to the south aren't getting pressure from the tank.
The only recent work that has been done on the well is that there was a small crack in the pipe right at the well head. I just replaced a small piece of PVC pipe.
So how would a redneck/well guy make the north and south lines different?
The water well I am having issues with is on a 15 acre piece of land that use to be an emu farm. This piece of land has about 15 pens, 3 large fields, a barn, and a building all with water from the well. There is a well head in a round concrete housing outside and a shed that we call our well house. In the well house we have the pressure tank, pressure switch, backflow valve, gauge, etc. In the well head housing there is just the pipe coming out of the ground that does a U turn and goes back into the ground. On it there is a backflow valve. In the well house the pipe comes in, goes through another backflow valve, to the pressure switch, to the pressure tank, and then back out.
Now for my problem. The water to the south of the well seems to be on a different line than the remainder of the land. It seems like it doesn't come from the pressure tank, but directly from the well. Maybe it splits off before the well house. The reason I say this is that when I have done work on the well I can have zero pressure in the pressure tank and all the lines to the north do not work, but the lines to the south have full pressure. Once it builds up pressure they all work the same UNTIL NOW. I have had this land for 18 years and just this week it has become a problem. Now the lines to the south DO NOT work if the pressure tank is full and the pump is not working. Once the pressure switch shuts off the pump, the lines to the south have no pressure. If I bleed off the pressure and cause the pressure switch to turn the pump on, then all the lines have equal good pressure.
My thought is that the line comes from the pump and splits before it goes to the well house. One goes to the well house and the other goes to the south lines. Maybe there is a backflow valve that was not working for all these years and now it has started working so the lines to the south aren't getting pressure from the tank.
The only recent work that has been done on the well is that there was a small crack in the pipe right at the well head. I just replaced a small piece of PVC pipe.
So how would a redneck/well guy make the north and south lines different?
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