Hi

In my home we're using borewell with sub-mercible pump. Even though the borewell depth was around 200ft, we used to get water at around 50 ft and hence we had used 60 ft lengh pipe and the plastic thread. Due to decreasing water level over the years, we thought of increasing the pipe length and the mechanic tried to take out the pump. Pump came up for some 5-8 ft and then got stuck there itself. With further effort, our badlunck both, the supporting plastic thread and the pipe got cut and the pump went back? Now we don't know what to do next ?

Hence I would like to have expert guidance on this issue.

1) Is there any way to recover the old sub-mercible pump now?

2) if not, is there any chances of contamination of the ground water?

3) can I use another Pump in the same well now?

Awaiting for early positive responses.

Thanks and regards
msn1270

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Here's some info that might help. Good luck

Before I installed a new pump I'd open up the thread that part time put up. Harold came up a plan to use a grappling hook to retrieve your pump and that's what I'd try first. Good luck, Tom

If anybody ever tries to use that gadget I would certainly appreciate hearing about it. Additionally, I would change the design. Instead of fabricating the dog or clamping device I would use a check valve with a metal flapper. Cut away enough of the flapper to allow the well pipe to pass through on the way up but leave enough to grab the well pipe as you pull up. Lot easier to fabricate.

I'll draw it out if anyone's interested.

Definitely insterested. Ive been thinking about this. You seem to have a possible awesome design. I was thinking that you could even drill a small hole in the metal flapper and hook a thin wire to it so if you couldn't get the pump out, you could pull the wire and release the check valve, so at least you got your retrieval device back. Harold, I'm definatley thinking you might have a patent-able item here. I almost look forward to getting called on a lost pump to try this thing out.

Yes, I would definitely hook up a release cable of some type. First do no harm. It appears to me that if the end of the well pipe is still with in the well casing, you should be able to grasp it.