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Subject: What type of well point to use

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Date Posted: 15:44:49 04/09/08 Wed
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I'm in the process of making a shallow well to irrigate my lawn. I need your advice on what direction I should go.

So far, I have taken a 10 ft. metal pipe and taped a 4" diameter arger with duck tape to the end of the pipe. I put this in the ground and twisted the pipe about 3 turns, then pulled the pipe out to dump the dirt. I hit water about 7 1/2 ft. down. I have been able to go about 1 1/2 feet more but all I get now is very wet sand. I am at 9 feet but can not go any deeper using this method.

I would like to go about 20 to 25 feet down with a 2 inch 5' long PVC .010 well point. To do this, I would use the Brady system if I use a PVC drill point. The other method I could use is the drive method with 3/4 pipe with a stainless steel drill point not sure what gauge 60 or 80 would be best. I'm not sure which method would be the right way to go.

The stainless steel well points that I have seen online are 36" long. Which would give the most water?

I'm looking at 3 wells and use one 1 hp jet pump.

Your advice would be helpful.

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Re: What type of well point to use Vey 15:51:21 04/10/08 Thu

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>I'm in the process of making a shallow well to >irrigate my lawn. I need your advice on what >direction I should go. > >So far, I have taken a 10 ft. metal pipe and taped a >4" diameter arger with duck tape to the end of the >pipe. I put this in the ground and twisted the pipe >about 3 turns, then pulled the pipe out to dump the >dirt. I hit water about 7 1/2 ft. down. I have been >able to go about 1 1/2 feet more but all I get now is >very wet sand. I am at 9 feet but can not go any >deeper using this method. > >I would like to go about 20 to 25 feet down with a 2 >inch 5' long PVC .010 well point. To do this, I would >use the Brady system if I use a PVC drill point. The >other method I could use is the drive method with 3/4 >pipe with a stainless steel drill point not sure what >gauge 60 or 80 would be best. I'm not sure which >method would be the right way to go. > >The stainless steel well points that I have seen >online are 36" long. Which would give the most water? > >I'm looking at 3 wells and use one 1 hp jet pump. > >Your advice would be helpful.

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