Well Pumps and Water Storage

Our Well now has pumps and a storage tank. Here are the pictures.



This device measures the depth of the water and the depth of the Well. Our Well is actually 597' deep. The water is at approximately 478'.

Here they are lowering the pump and the motor. These came separately and were assembled on site. The motor is 2hp and is the bottom portion. The pump is the top section. I think they set this at 520'. At that depth, it will pump 10 gal a minute.Here I am collecting a sample of water for testing.


This guy digs a very square hole.
This is our storage tank. It holds 1700 gallons of water. It contains a constant pressure system, level sensor, and another pump. There are many different ways to go when equipping your Well. Our system works like this. As we use water in our house, we are using the pump that is in the storage tank. When the storage tank gets low, the sensor turns on the pump in the bottom of the Well. This allows for less wear and tear on the pump at the bottom of the Well, and gives us a large storage of water, should anything go out.

Moving along...

We have been doing a lot of behind the scene stuff in January. Mohave Electric has been to the site and is working on a proposal for getting power to us. We had a meeting with the engeneer, it went well. We added a window and corrected a few things. They should be done with the plans early next week. We went to A-1 Well and gave them a deposit, they are coming out on Tuesday Feb. 10 to install the pumps. I believe they will need to come out a second time to install the storage tank. I have gotten a quote for a septic tank and instalation. I am waiting for another quote to compare. Other than that, we have been moving rocks and figuring out landscaping.