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Msg : 56 of 75 + 57
From : Steven Przybyla 1:105/30 Mon 07 Feb 94 17:57
To : All
Subj : How much is enough water?
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From: przyse@aurxcf.aur.alcatel.com (Steven Przybyla)
I'm trying to buy a house that is currently under construction. The biggest
drawback seems to be the well, which is producing only 1 gallon per minute.
Background: This is a subdivision with lots ranging from 2 to 11 acres. The
well in question is 500 feet deep and was drilled on the highest part of the
property.
The house across the street has 2 gallons per minute and is 450 feet deep,
the owners have recently moved in, and ran out of water (for about 3 hours)
for the first time this weekend. The house next door has around 5 or 6 gallons
per minute, is 250 feet deep, and has had no problems that I know of.
We've written into the contract that a new well be drilled at the seller's
expense, but so far he is balking at the idea and requesting that we split
the cost. Our offer also stipulated that the new well have at least 2 gallons
per minute and that both wells have pumps and be connected to our plumbing.
If the second well has at least 5 gallons, we aren't requiring that the first
well have a pump.
So what are your experiences? Are we asking for enough? Are we asking for
too much? How large of a pressure tank do we need? What would be the best
design for a two-well system? Please help a newbie rural resident-to-be.
By the way, as far as usage goes, we are planning on a family of five and
want to have a garden.
--
Steven E. Przybyla Alcatel Network Systems, Inc.
919-850-6619 2912 Wake Forest Road
przyse@aur.alcatel.com Raleigh, NC 27609
"In the wild places man, is an unwelcome guest. But its here that I'm found,
and its here I feel blessed." D. Fogelberg
.
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Msg : 57 of 75 - 56 + 58
From : The honey bunny 1:105/30 Mon 07 Feb 94 21:04
To : All
Subj : How much is enough water?
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From: <tonyp@cnvxla.COM> (The honey bunny)
It sounds like the way to go is to put in a big holding tank.
This will allow you to use virtually as much water as you want
without worrying about a flow problem.
Don't let the words "big holding tank" scare you: something the
size of a water heater will probably suffice.
Figure out what the maximum draw will be and go from there - like:
o How many showers are taken one after the other?
o How many loads of laundry are done one after the other?
o Will the above two take place at the same time?
o What about lawn care?
I've talked with several drillers and they say as far as drilling
another well goes you never know what you'll get. One guy had drilled
two wells for adjacent neighbors. Within just a few feet of each other
one well put out 100 gallons/minute, the other just 15 gallons/minute.
When they drilled the one for the feller behind me they hit an
underground river. :-)
--
Tony J. Podrasky | You know those little buttons you press to cross the street
San Diego , Ca | at an intersection? Well, regardless of what you have been
tonyp@convex.com | told they *do* react to how hard and how many times they
WA2EAA/MAZEAAA | have been pressed, and adjust the tfc lights accordingly.
.
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Msg : 58 of 75 - 57 + 66
From : Dave Skinner 1:105/711 Tue 08 Feb 94 09:34
To : Steven Przybyla
Subj : How much is enough water?
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SP> We've written into the contract that a new well be drilled at the seller's
SP> expense, but so far he is balking at the idea and requesting that we split
SP> the cost. Our offer also stipulated that the new well
SP> have at least 2 gallons
Not near enough if you want a garden.
I'm working from memory but I *think* a half inch garden hose at normal city
pressure delivers 10-11 gal/min. Normal irrigation sprinklers are 5gpm or more.
I've got some of the new low pressure/low volume ones that are around 1.75
gal/min (my wife leaves them on for 24 hours or more at a time).
My wife and I built a house in 1972 that we sold three years later because the
10gal/min well it had was not enough.
When you are talking about 2-5 gpm you cant put in a large enough pressure tank
to matter. I had suggestions that I put in a couple plastic or fibre glass
(3000-5000 gal) septic tanks to continually pump water into and then pump out of
them into a regular pressure tank. We finally bagged the whole idea and sold
the house to a fellow who wanted to plant the place to xmas trees and ignore it.
(BTW, we had a 300 gal pressure tank that probably had 150-200 gal of water in
it. Remember they have to have air in them to provide the pressure.)
My advice would be to stick to your guns and hope the seller refuses to drill
the new well. Use that as an excuse to get out of your contract.
You indicate a house hold size of 5 people. You bothered to figure out how much
water three teenagers can want to use for showers in a hours time? Or, how many
washer loads of diapers a couple of babies can create.
Later:::::
After I wrote this and before it went out I saw a message from someone else that
said not to worry about it because a large pressure tank could really be about
the size of a water heater. He is confused. However, he is right about
computing how much water you think you will use (then double it in case you have
company). But 2gpm is only 120 gal/hour which is only 2880 gal per day. You
cant do anything but a small container garden with that amount of water. Its no
fun pulling a pump from x00 feet below ground because you pumped a well dry.
--- Maximus 2.01wb
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Msg : 71 of 73 - 66 + 72
From : John Cooley 1:105/30 Wed 09 Feb 94 17:01
To : All
Subj : How much is enough water?
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In article <2j5vdg$7je@aurns1.aur.alcatel.com> przyse@aurxcf.aur.alcatel.com
(Steven Przybyla) writes:
>I'm trying to buy a house that is currently under construction. The biggest
>drawback seems to be the well, which is producing only 1 gallon per minute.
>Background: This is a subdivision with lots ranging from 2 to 11 acres. The
>well in question is 500 feet deep and was drilled on the highest part of the
>property.
>The house across the street ha