Dear Sirs!
We are a little bit over a year in this house and last summer we've never experienced the water disappeared at all after hosing (watering ) our large 8,000sq ft lawn using two hoses connections for about an hour .
So the problem is that after an hour of continuous water sprinkling the pressure drops to zero and after that we are waiting for 1-1.5 hour till it comes back again to 40-50psi .It never happened 1 year ago .This is a drilled well and the cut in and off pressure I have adjusted 8-10 months ago .I don't remember what kind of pressure tank we have but it's an oval vertical tank with a pump mounted in it .
Do I simply have to readjust the cut in -off pressures again or there is more serious thing to look at ?
Thank you in advance
Denis , Nova Scotia, Canada

Next time that happens, pull the grey cover off the switch and see if the points are open or closed. They should be closed. If they are, then see if the pump is running.

Sounds like you are simply running out of water and the well takes that hour to recover.

Is your pump in the well or above ground?

That's a lot of water to supply. Sounds like you are running the well dry since it recharges.

Hi , thanks a lot for response . I am not able to see the points right now as well as a pump because it's probably in the well . But today my wife said she was watering for about 30-40 minutes and the pressure stayed the same and the water didn't disappear this time .
Some one told me that may be I will have to drill a deeper same well .Can it be the problem of a shallow well ?
Thanks

Sure, deeper wells can extract more water. You mentioned a drilled well but didn't say how big or how deep. My house well is 6" and 200' deep.

Stillwater, it might be possible to lower your pump/wellpipe a little lower in your well and do better with water. Sounds like you need to get a well pro out and get his opinion.

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Originally Posted by jlisenbe

Stillwater, it might be possible to lower your pump/wellpipe a little lower in your well and do better with water. Sounds like you need to get a well pro out and get his opinion.

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I called several local plumbers , there was no any suggestions to lower the well pipe or a pump .Just drilling deeper. Probably as I know there is a foot v/v on the very end of the well pipe .Lowering it deeper will course the mud from the bottom to come up with water , right ?
Guys , what do you think ,to install the bigger pressure tank will rectify the problem ? Or I still need to look for somewhere between the well and the pressure tank ?
Thanks

What kind of pump do you have. Submersible or with a foot valve?

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What kind of pump do you have. Submersible or with a foot valve?

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I'm not sure , I don't have any documents for this . The pump breaker is in a furnace room and electric cords are running from the breaker to the small control switch where we adjust cut in & off . Yes , you are right , I need to find out first what and where the pump is .

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an oval vertical tank with a pump mounted in it

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How many pipes going down the well.

Sounds like a fairly shallow well and fairly small pump.


Sprinklers on two hoses are probably putting out about 5 gallons a minutes. That's 300 gallons an hour. Pretty good for a shallow residential well.

A larger tank won't help. Whether you can lower the well pipe and whether it will help all depends on the water level in the well and how far the present pipe extends below the water level. Chances are it won't help much.

How dry has it been in Nova Scotia lately. Sounds like the water table was higher last year.

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How many pipes going down the well.

Sounds like a fairly shallow well and fairly small pump.


Sprinklers on two hoses are probably putting out about 5 gallons a minutes. Thats 300 gallons an hour. Pretty good for a shallow residential well.

A larger tank won't help. Whether or not you can lower the well pipe and whether or not it will help all depends on the water level in the well and how far the present pipe extends below the water level. Chances are it won't help much.

How dry has it been in Nova Scotia lately. Sounds like the water table was higher last year.

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Yes , this summer as well as spring is very dry , extremely dry . We have
35 degrees Celsius (95 F ) in opened areas. Can this wave of heat be the problem of the dry running well ?

Yes, water table not only drops during hot, dry weather but people use more water causing it to drop more.

Try watering lawn for shorter periods, giving well time to recover. Or just one hose.

A larger pressure tank will not solve your problem.

The pump is either in the well or above ground. If it was above ground, then you would see it either in a basement, a utility room, or outside in a contained pump house.

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Originally Posted by jlisenbe

A larger pressure tank will not solve your problem.

The pump is either in the well or above ground. If it was above ground, then you would see it either in a basement, a utility room, or outside in a contained pump house.

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Thanks a lot for help , for the present time the water table seems like has stabilized , we had some periods of rains and there was no water pressure interruptions...