So my main water source for the cows is an old well on the property. The well is right at 420 feet deep. When we put the pump in the well the static line was right at 100 feet from the top.
When we put the pump in we put well pipe down 220 feet. (Why 220 feet I can't really remember).
Over the past month we have adeed a few more head, and it has been as hot as I can remember over a long period of time. So in the past three weeks my well has routinely "run dry". I switch the water source off to our local rural water to keep tanks full etc. I usually let the well sit for a night, and start it again in the morning. It keeps up for a few days, and then same thing it runs dry. Repeat process. It isn't a huge deal other than the rural water bill, and the pain of switching it over every time.
Assuming my well pump can support it, would it work (and make sense) for me to add an additional 140 foot of pipe early this winter? It is a six inch well so that would give me an extra 210 gallons of water in the well that currently I am not taking advantage of. Or would adding the pipe be simply moving the static line lower? Would it still run out as often? Anything else I need to think of?
When we put the pump in we put well pipe down 220 feet. (Why 220 feet I can't really remember).
Over the past month we have adeed a few more head, and it has been as hot as I can remember over a long period of time. So in the past three weeks my well has routinely "run dry". I switch the water source off to our local rural water to keep tanks full etc. I usually let the well sit for a night, and start it again in the morning. It keeps up for a few days, and then same thing it runs dry. Repeat process. It isn't a huge deal other than the rural water bill, and the pain of switching it over every time.
Assuming my well pump can support it, would it work (and make sense) for me to add an additional 140 foot of pipe early this winter? It is a six inch well so that would give me an extra 210 gallons of water in the well that currently I am not taking advantage of. Or would adding the pipe be simply moving the static line lower? Would it still run out as often? Anything else I need to think of?