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FAQs: Luxury Bathrooms on a Low Yield Well |
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| Question: My wife and I just finished building our dream house. We have been extremely fortunate and were able to afford most of the things we wanted. The house has six bedrooms, five full and two half baths, a laundry, a magnificent kitchen and a mother-in-law apartment. It is everything we hoped it would be, with one exception. The first well we drilled was under a half gallon per minute and over 450 feet deep. The second was 2 1/2 gallons per minute and 400 feet deep. It didn't make much sense to do anything with well number 1 so we didn't even put a pump in it and the second well just doesn't provide enough pressure to use even two of our bathrooms at the same time. My wife gave up trying to use our master bath shower with the two heads and body sprays. Our dream isn't much good without enough water. Is there anything we can do? Answer: From the sound of your story I'd guess that there isn't much point in drilling another well, so you will have to do the best you can with the ones you have. If you haven't yet hydrofracted the first well, I would get a price on doing that. Hydrofracting is a process which, using water pressure, can open up existing fractures in your well and even create new ones. Often this can increase the yield of your well. For more information on Hydrofracting see: HYDROFRACTING. If you have elaborate landscaping, you will need all the water you can get to keep it alive during a drought. A Well Manager® will cure your problems in connection with the performance of the plumbing system in your new house. The Well Manager® system can be designed to supply the proper flow rate so that you can use all of your plumbing, including your dream shower. The single 2 1/2 GPM well will supply up to 3,600 gallons per day. Because Well Manager® systems are available for one or two wells, you may want to consider combining your wells to get 4,320 gallons per day or more if the hydrofracting were successful. |
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