[TheForge] OT frozen pipes

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

I'm astounded!..Had no idea they went that deep for water...
That means your well is well over 3000'?
My last place had 5 hand dug wells on the property. Each one had a round 
brick wall about 6' across and was about 25 feet deep. It was funky 
surface water that got pretty salty on a dry year. That water ate pipes 
at an astounding rate.
The ocean has washed it all away now.

Andrew Vida wrote:
> Shoot, I know people in AZ that have 4000 foot deep wells.  Up in 
> Flagstaff 3000 feet is the minimum just to hit water.
> 
> My well produces only about 3gpm because of the column weight, which 
> should be about 1500#.  I don't know the power rating on the pump... 
> probably 1hp.  I'd rather have a 5hp, but $$$$. :(  Maybe one day.
> 
> Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer wrote:
>> 580'!! Wow! That's a deep hole and a strong pump. Gotta be expensive.
>> If it eats copper i'd think you'd have to be extremely fastidious 
>> about your stainless. Might be worth thinking about sacrifice anodes 
>> maybe?..pf
>>
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