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Originally Posted by Newview01
Great info.
We will not be using the current well for drinking.
Our quandary is:
To tie in to the water co-op is minimum $18k + $90 a month, and will be only be enough for household use (no watering flowers, lawn, etc.) So in order to get water for irrigation, we would need tie into the irrigation district, get a pond for storage, at which point we would be at another $20k.
If we can get a well going, we could have free water, and enough for everything. But we don't know water quality. Waiting on test results.
Seems to be a no brainer. But convenience of outside water supply is worth something as well.
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Well water can be great and can be a pain.
There is maintenance.
There is quality
Some areas have problems with methane (coal seam aquifer contact), sulfur (shock need or contaminated naturally or not aquifer), iron (big problem for some. I had red hair staying a summer at one place. Smell is unmistakable but you get used to it. Stains everything.
Benefit is steady free supply less power and maintenance costs.
The water co-op is dam expensive. Yikes.
The water well should be fine even at 15 gallons a minute for yard watering. 50 would be super. Just need to look into pump pressure and draw down rate. You may want to pump into a surface tank depending upon application.