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Frequently Asked Questions / Does a CSV system help a low-yield well?
« on: February 10, 2022, 01:19:51 PM »
First, my apologies if I am posting this in the wrong place, but I just have not been very successful in getting good advice from my local well-pump guy. I live in northern NJ and have a low-yield well. The well is 500' deep and I have a 3/4 hp well pump. I have lived in this house and have had to replace my well pump two times. I have also had the well hydrofracked 3 years ago. I have been looking for ways to improve the water use, which is why I am here. I am not sure that the CSV system helps someone like me but figured it couldn’t hurt to ask. I am always nervous about my well running dry (again).
My house was built with an irrigation system, but the fellow who built it (my neighbor) never actually got it up and running, and I am fearful of even thinking about that. Last summer, I just ran a simple lawn sprinkler for about an hour, and it wiped out my well. It's very frustrating. My well pump guy keeps telling me to drill a new well. Drilling another 500' well is going to cost $20k, and no guarantee. Ouch. I have several neighbors who have zero issues with their wells, and some of their wells are only 100' deep. My nearest neighbor did dig a second well for his water sprinkler system, and he runs it every night in the summer. I think there is plenty of water around me, even if my well is not the highest-yielder.
I did a little research into something called a Well Manager, that puts a 210 gal storage tank in my basement and always makes sure it is full. Then then I stumbled onto the Terry Love Plumbing site and I saw a lot of people talking about how one of these CSV systems helped them with inefficient well systems. So, I was wondering if this CSV is something I should consider. I think I have a 40-gallon "blue tank" now. Happy to post a photo if that helps.
Sorry for the long first post.
Also, when I turn on the water, I get spurts of air coming out of the faucet. How does air get in the system?
Thanks,
Frank
My house was built with an irrigation system, but the fellow who built it (my neighbor) never actually got it up and running, and I am fearful of even thinking about that. Last summer, I just ran a simple lawn sprinkler for about an hour, and it wiped out my well. It's very frustrating. My well pump guy keeps telling me to drill a new well. Drilling another 500' well is going to cost $20k, and no guarantee. Ouch. I have several neighbors who have zero issues with their wells, and some of their wells are only 100' deep. My nearest neighbor did dig a second well for his water sprinkler system, and he runs it every night in the summer. I think there is plenty of water around me, even if my well is not the highest-yielder.
I did a little research into something called a Well Manager, that puts a 210 gal storage tank in my basement and always makes sure it is full. Then then I stumbled onto the Terry Love Plumbing site and I saw a lot of people talking about how one of these CSV systems helped them with inefficient well systems. So, I was wondering if this CSV is something I should consider. I think I have a 40-gallon "blue tank" now. Happy to post a photo if that helps.
Sorry for the long first post.
Also, when I turn on the water, I get spurts of air coming out of the faucet. How does air get in the system?
Thanks,
Frank