Community well pump

[electrofelon]

It hadnt really occured to me to put a sub in hand dug well. Could toss a common sump pump in, remove the float and wire to pressure switch and plumb to tank.

I have a hand dug well, water level is about 3 feet below grade and it's about 10 feet deep. It's laid up block about 3 ft in diameter. I put a regular submersible in it.

 

[kwired]

Being lakefront community I could see this being a rather shallow well and possibly have five jet pumps in that pit drawing from same well?

Deep well with 5 submersible pumps wouldn't be too likely unless maybe it was at least a 12 inch well casing.

 

[tthh]

I would assume there is some yearly escrow that funds well maintenance and repairs. That is something you might want to check.

 

[Sberry]

There is stuff I dont know but never seen setup with multiple real subs down a bore well. The big revolution was drives so they can run higher horsepower from rural single phase lines. Starts used to sock them right to the nuts and ours suggested a 10 hp limit.

 

[hillbilly1]

Being lakefront community I could see this being a rather shallow well and possibly have five jet pumps in that pit drawing from same well?

Deep well with 5 submersible pumps wouldn't be too likely unless maybe it was at least a 12 inch well casing.

That’s why I think it would be a bored well instead of drilled. Sounds like they have something funky going on, until the op gets onsite, we are just speculating.

 

[Little Bill]

That’s why I think it would be a bored well instead of drilled.

What's the difference between drilled and bored? Sounds the same to me.
I drill a hole
I bore a hole

 

[hillbilly1]

What's the difference between drilled and bored? Sounds the same to me.
I drill a hole
I bore a hole

Bored is at usually around 36” across, and around < 30’ deep, drilled is usually around 8” and is much deeper.

 

[jim dungar]

drilled is usually around 8” and is much deeper.

The one at my cottage and my son's are both drilled with 'standard' caps on them. You would not know that each casing fed two houses, just by looking at them.

 

[hillbilly1]

The one at my cottage and my son's are both drilled with 'standard' caps on them. You would not know that each casing fed two houses, just by looking at them.

Probably using a pit less adapters on it too, no exposed piping above ground. Now, in Georgia, they require a “well seal” where a concrete pad is poured around the pipe to keep ground water from seeping in around the pipe.