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Subject: Shallow Well Question

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Tommy Williams
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Date Posted: 14:42:42 07/20/08 Sun
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Hi,
I have a washed shallow well 26 ft deep with a 2" casing which is used to water my yard. I have a 2" well screen 5 ft in length on the end of the 2" casing. The total depth of the well screen and casing is 26 ft. I have a 1 1/4 supply line with a foot valve at 20 ft. My shallow well pump I purchased from Harbor Freight is a 3/4 pump with a pressure tank. I developed my well with air and began pumping water. The well was producing 5.5 gals of water per minute. The static water level is at 10ft. The pump ran fine for about 7 days and then it seemed to begin sucking some air. The water continued to flow but now it seems to be sucking more and more air. Now the water pressue is falling and more sucking of air, I guess. This means to me that the well is running out of water.?

Question:
1. Is the 1 1/4 supply line to large for the 2" casing?
The 1 1/4 coupling is a tight fit inside the 2" casing. Could this be blocking the flow of static water?

2. Should the 2" casing be used as supply line that is hooked up directly to the pump?

3. Could the well screen be stopped up? If so, how would I clean the screen?

I was getting very cool water but now it seems to be just warm water.
The well screen is open at the end. Is there a way to go deeper if possible?

Thanks for your suggestions!

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Re: Shallow Well Question Vey 07:51:21 07/21/08 Mon

Re: Shallow Well Question Vey 08:45:07 07/21/08 Mon

Re: Shallow Well Question Tommy 08:50:42 07/21/08 Mon

Re: Shallow Well Question -- Vey, 13:41:08 07/21/08 Mon

Re: Shallow Well Question Tommy 19:47:39 07/21/08 Mon

Re: Shallow Well Question -- Vey, 03:09:14 07/22/08 Tue

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>Hi, >I have a washed shallow well 26 ft deep with a 2" >casing which is used to water my yard. I have a 2" >well screen 5 ft in length on the end of the 2" >casing. The total depth of the well screen and casing >is 26 ft. I have a 1 1/4 supply line with a foot >valve at 20 ft. My shallow well pump I purchased from >Harbor Freight is a 3/4 pump with a pressure tank. I >developed my well with air and began pumping water. >The well was producing 5.5 gals of water per minute. >The static water level is at 10ft. The pump ran fine >for about 7 days and then it seemed to begin sucking >some air. The water continued to flow but now it >seems to be sucking more and more air. Now the water >pressue is falling and more sucking of air, I guess. >This means to me that the well is running out of >water.? > >Question: >1. Is the 1 1/4 supply line to large for the 2" casing? > The 1 1/4 coupling is a tight fit inside the 2" >casing. Could this be blocking the flow of static >water? > >2. Should the 2" casing be used as supply line that >is hooked up directly to the pump? > >3. Could the well screen be stopped up? If so, how >would I clean the screen? > >I was getting very cool water but now it seems to be >just warm water. >The well screen is open at the end. Is there a way to >go deeper if possible? > >Thanks for your suggestions!

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