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Pumps, Wells, Tanks, Controls / Two homes, 1 well & pump, 1 pressure tank, pressure problems to second home

« on: September 02, 2012, 12:26:17 PM »

We recently moved onto our family farm to enable my elderly parents to remain on the farm.  On the site, now, we have two homes, one well/pump serving both homes, one pressure tank in my parent's house, none in ours.  New water line was dug from well to our new home.  (Comparable distance from well to each house.)  Problem is, my parent's water pressure is fine, ours is quite low.  While we have just learned to put up with lower water pressure in the house, we've now installed new landscaping, requiring alot of irrigation.  Lawn sprinklers, in particular, are a definite problem.  We don't have great pressure when the pump is running, but it's adequate.  However, once the pump shuts off, there is barely enough pressure for a sprinkler to even operate correctly.  This makes irrigation next to impossible.....pump running, sprinklers cover X number of yards, pump off, sprinkler barely or doesn't operate at all.  With the area we need to irrigate, this is a BIG issue!  What kind of CSV do you recommend for our situation?