The deck I discussed last month is looking good although the boards have shrunk a little bit—it’s OK, though. It is time to get back to our discussion of well screens.
Last month, we looked at using non-pressurized storage tanks with booster pumps to provide usable amounts of water when you have a slow-producing well. We mentioned several ways of communicating between the storage tank and well pump to tell the pump when to start filling the tank and when to stop. But, what if the tank is a half a mile away from the well up on a hill? That’s the issue we’ll discuss this month.
There are many situations where the water demand on a well water system exceeds the production capacity of the well. For instance, 10 gpm is typically considered the minimum flow rate needed to adequately supply a single family residence.
In summer 2011, I had been involved in the drilling of a water well at a remote, fly-in-only hunting lodge in northeast Oregon and subsequently put together an article on the project for the various state association bulletins.
Franklin Electric announced a rebranding of Cerus Industrial as Franklin Control Systems. Franklin Control Systems, based in Hillsboro, Ore., will be key to the company’s efforts in the market for electronic drives and controls for water pumping, HVAC and industrial systems.
Recent news has pushed that question to the top of my mind. The tiny town of Magdalena, N.M., depends on one well, and that well failed. What do you do then?
Atlas Copco announced at the recent South Atlantic Well Drillers Jubilee that Noland Drilling Equipment will again distribute the company’s water well drill rigs, down-the-hole hammers and drill bits.
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