water well test

 I'm starting work on a community garden for our church.

The first thing is I need to check out an old but maybe useable well.  We
have good, 2" outflo at the 2hp pump pipe.

Is that all I can do to test it?

The reason I'm asking is we're going to need to run the water about 400'
across yards and driveways.  If it's worth doing that, then we can proceed.

If not, we won't be able to handle the project for lack of water.

We could drive a well close to the project, but then we'd have to run 300
yards of electrical to the site, which might also be a "deal breaker".

 rb wrote:

If no other wells in the area have gone dry & there are no
restrictions in your area on pumping water from wells, I see nothing
to worry about!!

Tom J

 rb said:


You could also put a couple of pumps inline, along the route, no?

I think the 2hp pump is gonna struggle, by itself, over that distance.

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Eggs

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It requires little power to move water horizontally. I think you will have
no trouble.

 Chas Hurst said:


That's true. However, I haven't seen too many 400' stretches of ground,
that ran across driveways, yards, et al, that was perfectly horizontal. =)

Oh, I think the water will get there, eventually. I just don't think it'll
have the pressure necessary to do the job, without some assistance.

Alternatively, perhaps some sort of holding tank(s) (from which the actual
watering gets done) at the end of the run, which gets replenished from the
hose feed? It /may/ be able to keep up, then.

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Eggs

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