anybody familiar with old wells?
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" That sounds like you had a jet pump.
KC appears to have a regular submersible.
Our neighborhood got by with 2" wells (still at 200') using surface
water (suction) pumps for decades, then around 95-2000 they started
sucking air and you had the choice of converting to jet or punching a
4" and using a submersible.
Since I do not irrigate, my 2" well was holding but I decided to go
the 4" route preemptively in 2001 as part of a total overhaul of my
water system. "
Yes, jet pump sounds familiar and the drilled part may have been only 6" in diameter.
The well only made up about 1.5 gallons per minute and I remember running out of water (pump on continually) during one house party with over a dozen guests flushing and washing continually.
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