Air Driven Well

[BrandonH]

does the guy still lease the cattle rights? call him up and see what he used?

I may do that. He owns a large construction business, so I'm sure he had access to just about any size he would have needed.

[Fritz]

To check water level, we would put a weight & fishing bobber on a string. When the string gets slack, mark it. Put up and measure string.

[LogFlinger]

Looks to me like he had some 1" pipe ran down hole, with the air hooked to it, pushing the water out. I bet you have a bunch of 1" pipe broke off, in there somewhere

X2 (AKA jetting)

[BrandonH]

Finally made it back out here to check the well depth and like an idiot didn't bring enough string. I grabbed a spool that I had thinking it had enough, but I ran out before hitting bottom. What I did find is that I hit water around 60-65', and ran out of string at 80' without hitting bottom. I guess I will try again later with more string to see how deep the well actually is.

[BrandonH]

I'm bringing this back to the top now that I've gotten an accurate measurement on the well depth. I hit water at 70 feet and the bottom of the well is at 200 feet, so there is 130 feet of water down there. With this information can anyone tell me how far down I need to go with the air and what size compressor I will need?

Thanks

[txnduckhntr]

we use that hook up to blow the sand outta our windmills....

[BrandonH]

Ttt

[scotth89]

I'm bringing this back to the top now that I've gotten an accurate measurement on the well depth. I hit water at 70 feet and the bottom of the well is at 200 feet, so there is 130 feet of water down there. With this information can anyone tell me how far down I need to go with the air and what size compressor I will need?

Thanks

You will want to use a big compressor if you are going to be running it for an extended period of time, simply because you don't want to burn a smaller compressor up.

My house is set up with an air lift system. I have ran it with a small pancake compressor to fill up my water storage tank while building my house before I installed the main compressor.

[BrandonH]

You will want to use a big compressor if you are going to be running it for an extended period of time, simply because you don't want to burn a smaller compressor up.

My house is set up with an air lift system. I have ran it with a small pancake compressor to fill up my water storage tank while building my house before I installed the main compressor.

Would you mind sharing what size compressor you are using and how you have it rigged up?

[ipanic2]

Your water level is up high .... Look into buying a solar pump from that depth you will not need a big pump....

[BrandonH]

Your water level is up high .... Look into buying a solar pump from that depth you will not need a big pump....

Thanks...I will look into it.

[BrandonH]

Another question...would I be better off just dropping a submersible pump down the casing and run off a generator? Depending on where the 1" pipe that broke off is located I could see a problem with it possible getting in the way. I would also assume that by jetting it with air I will get a much higher volume meaning less run time to fill the pond.

[ipanic2]

if the 1" is up high it will be in the way if you get a high GPM pump and pull the well to fhard. Then again a water well company might be able to fish the 1" right out and you will have the whole bore to play with when setting a pump.

[Stolle]

Looks to me like he had some 1" pipe ran down hole, with the air hooked to it, pushing the water out. I bet you have a bunch of 1" pipe broke off, in there somewhere

This! Water well guys use this method when they check a well that doesn't have a pump.

[scotth89]

Just now checking back in on this thread. This is the compressor that is on my well at the house. It just pushes a continuous flow of air down the 1" line and the water comes up until the holding tank is full.