OT Water well noise ?

carpenter

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Went to mow grass and check on farm building lot today after heavy rains and storm last night.

Slight damage to pump house so went in house and noticed it sounded as though it was running.

I thought no water was being drawn so must have a problem and I through the power switch off. So no power to pump.

This is a 180 ft deep submursible with Steal casing. Still the noise. Do I hear the aquifer running ?
 
Hard for Me to say. I don"t know your area or your well. Just thought It might be surface water since you just had a lot of rain, You should check it as soon after a heavy rain as you can.
 
You might have a leak in the water pipe- spraying into the well. Even with the pump off, the pressure tank could be sending the water back to the well for a while.
 
One time I had a $.99 steel nipple, right above the pump rust out, once. It leaked, and sprayed, like the other poster said. Turn the water off, if the noise diminishes slowly after shutoff, then this is the case. an internal leak, somewhere.
 
If the pressure tank fills and then empties fairly fast and then it cycles over and over, the check valve in your submersible pump may have failed. Or you might have a leak or leaks in the pipe down to the pump. You can check for leaks in the rest of your system by shutting the main valve off.

After having the internal check valve in one of my submersible pumps, I now always add an external check valve just above the pump. Of course it requires pulling the pump to install the additional check valve. I suppose another way of dealing with the problem would be to add the check valve to the line to the pressure tank, but I think the water would still drain back down the pipe quite a ways, leaving a vacuum in the upper area. Not so good.

Every well and every system is different. Hope you can find out what is going on with yours. Good luck!
 

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