The pumping rate of the well. How many gallons per minute will the well produce?
• The total depth of the well, from top to bottom. • What is the intended use of the water. Are you using it for an average home, or home and a sprinkler system? Is the well just for irrigation, farming etc? If you do have a sprinkler system or the well is for irrigation, I will need to know how many gallons per minute is needed and at what pressure. The number of sprinklers or heads will not tell me how much water you need. Telling me how many acres your yard is or how big it is, does not help at all in sizing the pump. top of page Q. What is a well? A. A well can be any excavation of the earth. You can hand dig a hole in the ground and let water seep in. You can jet or drive a shallow well into the ground to a sand formation, which has a screen at the bottom to let water in and keep sand out. A well can also be a deep well in which there is a screen installed to prevent sand from entering the casing. Or it can be a rock well where a screen is not necessary. Most wells have an upper c
