Why does the well run out of water and what to do in such a

05-05-2018
Water supply

Happy owners of their own home are trying to equip it with a source of clean water. For this purpose, a separate autonomous well or well is being constructed. However, sometimes there may be certain problems in their functioning.

When water is too low

For example, in the well water ends quickly, despite the fact that the price of the punching work was quite impressive. Although, if the source was created even with your own hands, this does not make the problem less significant.

This article will provide instructions on what to do if there is no water coming from the well.

The main causes of water shortages

The reasons why the well ran out of water can be a great many. Naturally, each of them requires a special approach to its solution. Let's look at the main points.

What is rinsing

By the way, quite often the suspicion that there is no water in the well is erroneous. Most often it is more correct to say that there is not enough water in the well. That is, it quickly ends. In this situation, we are talking about the necessary flushing of the source.

Photo washing

Council If you have problems with water supply, do not rush to drill a new source. As experts say, this is only necessary in one case out of five. In others, it is sufficient to flush the source.

To flush, you will have to perform a special procedure that will require special tools from you:

  • special reagent;
  • equipment capable of providing a hydraulic shock;
  • the compressor.

After using any of the above devices, it is also necessary for several hours to perform pumping.

If all the blame is clogging

One of the main reasons why a well does not produce water is clogging, for example, the occurrence of sludge in an aquifer. To get rid of him, you also need to perform pumping.

Clogging up

This procedure in this case involves the following steps:

  • supply of fluid to the source under high pressure;
  • this will remove all causes of clogging;
  • as a result, water will circulate freely in the source.

Council If there is no other source nearby that can be used for flushing, you can use a fire engine tank. Naturally, this is not so little, but the result is quite high.

Casing pipe above water level

Although rare, there are times when the casing eventually ends up above the water level:

  • water accumulates on the bottom;
  • pumped out by sediment;
  • subsequently does not have time to fill the space under the pipe.

To solve this problem, it is recommended to just complete the source itself, but only if this is possible by its design features:

  • drill a hole deeper;
  • lower the pipes below.
Photo drilling

If the well is operated too rarely

If there is not enough water in the well + why it happens, more often than not people are interested - the main thing for them is for the source to properly supply the liquid. This is the wrong approach and it is important to identify the true cause.

One of them may be that the source is used extremely rarely.

As a result:

  • the place where water accumulated begins to fill the ground;
  • as a result, the amount of space under the liquid decreases;
  • to win a place, you need to constantly start using the source again;
  • prolonged flushing will cause most of the fresh soil to come out with the water.

When the clean water from the spring starts to beat, you can stop the flushing, but do not throw the well, otherwise you will encounter the same problem again.

When the pressure drops

Quite often, users encounter such a problem as low water pressure from a well. In this situation, the topic discussed above, why water runs out in a well, is irrelevant. After all, we are talking about different problems, and therefore they have different reasons, and the solutions differ.

In particular, low pressure can lead to many inconveniences. For example, household appliances lose their working capacity.

Among such equipment:

  • Washer;
  • Dishwasher;
  • sanitary equipment.
Washing process

Let's look at the main causes of this problem, and also try to find ways to solve them.

Clogged site

Most often this problem occurs if one of the parts of the water supply system becomes clogged.

As practice shows, one of the filters can get under such clogging:

  • fine cleaning;
  • rough cleaning.

Council First of all, it is recommended to check the softener - it is quite possible that the problem lies in it.

Incorrectly configured equipment

We are talking about setting the upper threshold in the relay, which provides the necessary level of this pressure in the network:

  • the relay shuts down the pump before the threshold reaches the required level;
  • the upper threshold should be three and a half atmospheres, if we are talking about a membrane accumulator of up to three hundred liters;
  • the upper threshold should be five atmospheres, if we are talking about a membrane accumulator of up to five hundred liters.

If the above figures are not reached, then the hydroaccumulator simply can not push the water through the system.

And in this case, such indicators as are absolutely not important:

  • pump power;
  • pump head.

When oscillations occur

In some cases, pressure fluctuations are possible - that is, at first it is the required level, but later decreases. And so constantly.

In this case, we are talking about the fact that the lower threshold is set up incorrectly - it is precisely at this that indicators are being turned on for the supply of water to your system. That is, there is no longer any fluid in the system, but the command to the pump that it was time for it to start working did not arrive.

Relay example

The optimal indicator of the lower threshold should be from two and a half to three and a half atmospheres, depending on the volume of your hydroaccumulator.

Council In no case do not bring together the lower and upper pressure threshold, otherwise it will cause continuous switching on and off of the pump, which will negatively affect its service life.

In conclusion

Now you know the main reasons why there are problems with water supply from your own well, as well as ways to solve these problems. We wish you always clean water in the right quantities and take care of your sources!

In the presented video in this article you will find additional information on this topic.