Well Water Connection

WINTER IS COMING ❄️
SCHEDULING ALL WINTERIZATIONS starting now through the month of October. If you need help winterizing your well & pump system contact us now to set up your service! Don’t get caught in the cold!

One of our customers from the past moved into a new home and within a month of living there suddenly had no water coming out of the taps! We quickly headed over to see what was going on. The pump was running at a healthy amperage, however we noticed the water level in the well was not dropping an inch. This meant the water was flowing back into the well. Sure enough, when we pulled up the pump 400’ we found a break in the pipe. We patched it up, adjusted the pressure controls at the tank system and and she was back up and running the same day!

This was due to the pressure settings being too high. When the water level in the well dropped, the pump had to work harder and wasn’t able to build up to shut-off pressure. It ran for too long without flowing water and the impellers on the pump caused so much friction and heat that it lead to steam, steam created pressure and the pipe burst wide open. Luckily the pump was okay!

The well has an extremely low yield, making less than a quarter gallon per minute, so there is still lots to do but problem solved for now