Summers here and the livings…. Easy???
When the weather heats up so does your Lawn and Garden. Many of our customers fire up their irrigation this time of year and the phone calls start to “pour” in. As long as your well can keep up with the increased demand you probably never have any issues with low pressure and flow. If you are like a lot people on a Bedrock well you have to ration how much water you use versus how much you have. If ignored the well will start to draw down the static level and that causes the pump to work harder and harder until you start to notice a drop in water quantity.
Static level is the level at which the water hovers in a fully recovered well. If your well recovers at 3 gpm (gallons per minute) and you pump out 8 gpm it won’t take long to start lowering your static level. There’s more to this and I will come back to it in later blogs, however you should be able to understand from this information why running a lot of water all at once can cause drops in water quantity.
When these drops occur Water Treatment Systems will tend to malfunction. Valves are often designed to require a certain water pressure in order to seat properly, Water Treatment medias require certain flow rates in order to clean themselves, and Air Strippers often require a minimum of 7 gpm or else they shut down your water supply to protect themselves from burn out.
Quite often the solution to these problems is easily solvable by adjusting the controls of the irrigation to water at a time when your Water Treatment System is not Backwashing, and your personal demand of water use is low. You can even set up your irrigation to operate just 1/2 of the zones on one day, and the other 1/2 on the next day. Doing this will ease the stress on your well pump and keep the water flowing at better flows and pressures. Your Water Treatment System will thank you.
So, take it easy on your well, and enjoy your great water!
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