Your gravel area is holding some 2600 gallons of water and this is on top of the 475 in your plastic pipe. If you used rounded leach field rock you will have about 40% void space in the gravel. 10x10x9 ft deep is 900 cubic feet total. 40% of that is 360 cubic feet of potential water storage or some 2664 gallons of water. This gravel pit has a surface area of some 460 sq feet (4 sides 10x9, bottom 10x10) and thus you'll have plenty of water for your needs.
@ItsEricAZ Sounds just about right because the pump took around 7.5 minutes to empty and it pumps out 234 galons per minute. Not too shabby :)) Can’t wait to get back out there and pump it out again to get it cleaned out some more. I just edited I just went out to pump it again
Pumping water. We should remember each gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds (about). Calculate how many gallons of water your hose from the pump to source holds, then multiply by 8.34 to find out how much you are asking your pump's engine to lift. Most pump makers rate their pump using short lengths of hose with the source and the pump being at nearly the same height. That allows great claims backed by not much. Often the more HP the pump the better. So 475.9 gallons in the water, let's call it 476. But we can not ignore the hose above the water as it will soon also be full of water. Let's imagine you have another 9 feet from the water line to the pump. So, 476 x 2 x 8.35 pounds (I knocked up to 5 to allow for mud). Therefore you want your pump to lift 7.949.2 pounds continuously. I am thinking what you probably want is a 3" hose trash pump with an 7 - 10 HP engine. (I choose a 3" wide hose because you don't want to be there all day and night which that little garden hose would require.) On one of my construction jobs we dug some holes for underground fuel tanks only to have them fill with water overnight. Pumps, multiple, like I describe are what we used. 3 full tank holes so it did take a few days, LoL.
It takes about 2 days to fill back up completely. Once the 3 veins I hit make their way and clean itself I expect it to fill up a bit faster since this was in the dry season.
We ended up getting rain after like 12 days. It was supposed to rain like the day after I finished and we got only a few drops lol A week after it poored!!!! I'm just so glad I got water flowing even in dry times.
Actually, better plumbing would help a lot. Lifting water large distances is hard on pumps. Pushing is must easier. A simple submersible electric pump only rated for 3 to 5 gallons per minute would be much more efficient and cost effective since plumbing could be much smaller and energy consumption much less. 3 gallons per minute would equal 180 gallons an hour or 4,320 gallons a day. If you are concerned about the cloudiness, let it sit undisturbed for a while and it will clear up.
The second load of rock I put in was not very clean so yeah it will takes a few times to empty and clear it out. I don't have a home with plumbing yet so I am just pumping it out this was for now. It did clear up after a week of siting here but the water coming in from the sides was still very cloudy and dirty.
geez, a shallow well in this day and age. while utilizing an excavator to dig it... the dumbest thing i've seen all day... get one drilled; it's cheaper and safer.
great results for all your efforts,, you need these successes more and more. Good deal,, thanks.
ahhhh, 'Pi' (3.1416) comes in handy on the homestead.🙂🧡
I love seeing you keep trying and succeed!
Congratulations on having water, Beautiful. We've been in a drought in Pa US, also 🙄 Doesn't bode well for landscaping, but oh well, God Provides.
Well well well, what a great little well. Great job!
that's fantastic!
Good problem to have 😃
It really is :)
Very good problem to have! I wonder if it will be different in rainy season vs dry season
Yes! I will definitely check on that, I'm hoping it will stay pretty consistent throughout the year.
Finalement l'eau!
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Your gravel area is holding some 2600 gallons of water and this is on top of the 475 in your plastic pipe. If you used rounded leach field rock you will have about 40% void space in the gravel. 10x10x9 ft deep is 900 cubic feet total. 40% of that is 360 cubic feet of potential water storage or some 2664 gallons of water. This gravel pit has a surface area of some 460 sq feet (4 sides 10x9, bottom 10x10) and thus you'll have plenty of water for your needs.
@ItsEricAZ Sounds just about right because the pump took around 7.5 minutes to empty and it pumps out 234 galons per minute. Not too shabby :)) Can’t wait to get back out there and pump it out again to get it cleaned out some more. I just edited I just went out to pump it again
Pumping water. We should remember each gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds (about). Calculate how many gallons of water your hose from the pump to source holds, then multiply by 8.34 to find out how much you are asking your pump's engine to lift. Most pump makers rate their pump using short lengths of hose with the source and the pump being at nearly the same height. That allows great claims backed by not much. Often the more HP the pump the better. So 475.9 gallons in the water, let's call it 476. But we can not ignore the hose above the water as it will soon also be full of water. Let's imagine you have another 9 feet from the water line to the pump. So, 476 x 2 x 8.35 pounds (I knocked up to 5 to allow for mud). Therefore you want your pump to lift 7.949.2 pounds continuously.
I am thinking what you probably want is a 3" hose trash pump with an 7 - 10 HP engine. (I choose a 3" wide hose because you don't want to be there all day and night which that little garden hose would require.) On one of my construction jobs we dug some holes for underground fuel tanks only to have them fill with water overnight. Pumps, multiple, like I describe are what we used. 3 full tank holes so it did take a few days, LoL.
Wow! That’s very helpful, thanks for the in-depth explanation!
What’s your recovery rate tho. U will find that out when u get the well pumped out
It takes about 2 days to fill back up completely. Once the 3 veins I hit make their way and clean itself I expect it to fill up a bit faster since this was in the dry season.
@@HerEcolife That’s awesome. U should not have to worry To much about running out. U are quite the young lady 🥰
Drought??? JEEBUS... you want some of my rain?.. You are welcome to it!!
I wouldn't mind a light rain for 10 days straight... :) Aridzona here ... 💛
We ended up getting rain after like 12 days. It was supposed to rain like the day after I finished and we got only a few drops lol A week after it poored!!!! I'm just so glad I got water flowing even in dry times.
Did noon ever tell you you can't use AI for that... it literally just makes up words that sounds good.
Pump needs to have enough CFM’s and has to be able to have enough vertical lift power
Yeah thats why I got the second pump. It worked great :)
Actually, better plumbing would help a lot. Lifting water large distances is hard on pumps. Pushing is must easier. A simple submersible electric pump only rated for 3 to 5 gallons per minute would be much more efficient and cost effective since plumbing could be much smaller and energy consumption much less. 3 gallons per minute would equal 180 gallons an hour or 4,320 gallons a day. If you are concerned about the cloudiness, let it sit undisturbed for a while and it will clear up.
The second load of rock I put in was not very clean so yeah it will takes a few times to empty and clear it out. I don't have a home with plumbing yet so I am just pumping it out this was for now. It did clear up after a week of siting here but the water coming in from the sides was still very cloudy and dirty.
geez, a shallow well in this day and age. while utilizing an excavator to dig it...
the dumbest thing i've seen all day...
get one drilled; it's cheaper and safer.
I saved 10k doing it this way 🤗