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For our homeowners that want a “do it all” water well for their home and yard, we offer a 4.5” (inside diameter) cased well for optimum clearance for your pump and down hole equipment as well as providing enough clearance in the borehole to give our gravel plenty of room to help hold back sand from entering the well. The process starts with our office staff getting all the details from you to make sure we get exactly what you want and sending over a free estimate. If you like what you see and want to proceed, we will send one of our drillers to meet with you and discuss our contracts and work out any fine details we may have missed in the estimate ie: power run, well placement. We will provide a basic pumping estimate based on the well logs in your area and once the well is complete and we have all our information such as pumping levels and production rate we will get with you and design a water system to fit your exact needs! We offer several different options to help with water quality such as storage tanks and whole home filtration systems. We work hard to achieve solid well construction and a quality experience throughout the process.

The basic (Standard Pressure) residential water well system is a system that has been proven over many generations.

The submersible pump pushes water up through the drop pipe to the surface. There is a check valve installed every 200’ that keeps the water from flowing back into the well. The pressure switch turns the pump on when the pressure drops and off when the pressure builds up again. This typically happens over a 20PSI range.

The pressure is then stored in an above-ground pressure tank. If the system builds up too much pressure, the pressure relief valve will release the excess pressure to prevent the submersible pump or PVC drop pipe from being damaged. Below is a basic diagram of this setup.

This is a system that can be installed on almost any water well, it has been tested for many years and works great. However, that doesn’t mean that the system doesn’t have its drawbacks. One of the main flaws to a Standard Pressure System is that the submersible pump turns on and off as the pressure in the pressure tank rises and falls every 20PSI.

During high water usage times, such as showers or lawn irrigation this results in a high number of pump starts and stops. These hard starts/stops is what shortens the lifespan of your downhole pump. Submersible pumps are rated for 20,000 starts and stops so the more we can minimize the pump kicking on and off the greater the lifespan of your pump.

This can be problematic for those customers who are looking to use their water well for lawn irrigation. Most sprinkler systems require a solid 60PSI to efficiently water the yard, so the 20PSI pressure range can be frustrating or even problematic since the sprinklers will throw farther/shorter as the pressure rises/falls. This could result in dry/brown spots in your lawn.

A solution for these problems can be a Constant Pressure System that operates off of a variable speed drive.

New VFD technology has caught up to the water well world!  VFD (variable frequency drive) motors allow the pumps to run at different speeds to keep a constant pressure for your home and yard no matter how little or large the demand is.  We install VFD submersible and booster pumps to fit your pumping system.  They are great for sprinkle systems that have different zones with varying water volume demands.  VFDs are also great for homes with large water demands.  The pumps can keep a constant 60 psi no matter if your washing your hands in your sink or running several things at once! 

Storage tanks are great additions to any water well, especially if your using your water well for your home.

Storage tanks help alleviate sulphur (rotten egg smell) by releasing the sulphur gas as it pumps into the tank.  We install a spray bar from the well into the storage tank to help oxidize iron and release the sulphur gas.  In our experience storage tanks can reduce iron content by more than half and in some cases the iron is depleted completely from the well water.  

We install an electric float switch that will automatically fill your storage tank when it drops 2-300 gallons. Storage tanks also drastically improve the life of your down hole submersible pump as it only starts a few times a day to fill the tank.   Booster pumps are used to pull the water from 2 feet above the bottom of the tank.  This helps you get the cleanest water possible as any sand will fall to the bottom.  We install a bottom Drain so the tank can be cleaned if necessary.  The booster pumps we offer have a wide range of flow and pressure that we can Taylor to your exact needs.