Well water vs municipal water

is no problem whit well
should be good water
is it Inside or outside pump?

75 feets for hand pitcher pump , you need a retained valve in the botton
you could put héoliène
have a nice day

I wish I had a well instead of city water. All the neighbors that have tried for wells have drilled to 4-500' with varying success. I think having a well is a great step towards self sustainability.

I am about to purchase property on Vancouver Island with a well. This is new to me as I have always been connected to municipal water systems and it has me slightly nervous. Does anyone have any experience with wells? I believe this well is only drilled to a depth of 75 feet, and about 20 years old, as is the electric pump. I would like to attach a hand pitcher pump in the future.

Adding a hand pump along side the electric pump is an option (if your existing pump is in ground), and if the well casing is at least 6 inches.

Check out the Bison pump. That's the one I am saving for, as its will handle cold here and do not have to remove existing pump. 🙂
They were very good to deal with to help me find answers so that I could decide.

Truth be told, I would be nervous had I had to connect to city water. 😉
Good luck.

my well is only 32' feet deep and hit water at 22' . Every well is different. We have alot of water here. If you are worried
about the quality you can use a berkey water purifier also .

There is also the Simple Pump brand for a manual pump.

My thing is I want to add a hand pump but the plumber thinks I need to find something that can go inside
the house beside the water pressure tank, so nobody sees me outside the front of the house pumping,
and then I also don't have to go outside in rain, snow, or dangerous situations.

Hi bajapablo

We moved off city water to well water four weeks ago ( also on the island). I have the advantage though of these being community wells and run by a "strata council" for want of a better example. It costs me $180 a year to help test and maintain the tanks and system. The only thing I did note from the survey was that they don't have a back up manual way to pump but I believe it is up for consideration. This is a small, rural community and so far... Apart from some excess iron in the water, which I have filters installed for.. It's been great. This was a requirement of my "move". No dependence on the city for anything!

Good luck

Thanks for all the good info. I watched the install videos on the Bison pump, I need to start saving. I also like the idea of having a pump inside the house, as compared to pumping outside. The Berkey Filter hopefully will take care of bugs and excess metals, I also have the Floride and Arsenic filters already attached. I do like being off city water and being more "self reliant and independent"...one step at a time.

3 wells on the property. One in use is 400' deep.

Water seeps in through the rocks, so comes out clean, pure, and made the water guy jealous:)

On Vancouver island as well; if you have any questions, pm me for an email address.

I'm a fan of Lehman's dot com for well stuff. Saving up right now for a hand one as well. Also want a well drilled above the house elevation to start a cistern and ram pump setup. If you want oodles of water management info on YouTube, it's 'engineer 775' you want:)

A new type of hand pump that apparently can pump from static water levels of 150 feet. Seems a little flimsy at the handle end, but may work in an emergency. Looks easy enough to install and can be removed during freezing temps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEDvrRTeTsY

Anyone have experience with this type of pump?