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I pump from the well to a shed with a 500 gallon tank which then feeds the house. I am set up this way because the well is a very slow producer.

My well runs out of water once in a great while under 2 different circumstances:

1: No rain for months on end. I understand this one.

2: Very heavy rain for more than 5 or 6 days at a time. I don't understand this. It can drizzle or rain moderately for months at a time and everything is fine, But if it starts raining really hard for a week or so the well runs dry.

It's like when it rains too much the water gets diverted somewhere else or something.

I have an alarm on my tank so if it drops below 400 gallons I know the well is dry again and we can go into super water conservation mode.

I pump from the well to a shed with a 500 gallon tank which then feeds the house. I am set up this way because the well is a very slow producer. My well runs out of water once in a great while under 2 different circumstances: 1: No rain for months on end. I understand this one. 2: Very heavy rain for more than 5 or 6 days at a time. I don't understand this. It can drizzle or rain moderately for months at a time and everything is fine, But if it starts raining really hard for a week or so the well runs dry. It's like when it rains too much the water gets diverted somewhere else or something. I have an alarm on my tank so if it drops below 400 gallons I know the well is dry again and we can go into super water conservation mode.

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[–] • 4 pts

Dig that fucker deeper. That's the historical solution at least.

[–] • 2 pts

Incorporate rain catchment and a larger tank or more tanks.

Rainfall doesn't fill your well immediately.

Rainfall generally takes a few years to get from the topsoil to the aquifer that supplies your well.

It's possible heavy rain is moving the water table around in weird ways, but my first take is that it's a coincidence.

I imagine just a little more depth on your well is what you need, if the water table height is bouncing up and down over your pump level.

[–] • 2 pts

You could consider doubling your storage tank.

[–] • 0 pt

You may live in a county that keeps drill logs on wells they issued permits for. It would help a lot to know depth and types of strata.

[–] • 0 pt

There is not much data on my well unfortunately. I have pulled the pump a few times over the years. It's about 180 feet deep. Not sure what the composition is down there though. My well has the best water I've ever drank, just not nearly enough of it. My neighbors well is about 4 or 500 yards away and they have more water than they know what to do with but it is horrible. They have a hell of a treatment deal they have to run it through and it is still gross.

[–] • 0 pt

This will probably require someone who can look at the local geology and maybe figure out the cause. Info on neighbor's well required would be their depth, whether they are up or downhill from you etc. Lots to look at. Not knowing what it costs per foot in your area I can't say whether it might be cost effective to drill a new one.

[–] • 0 pt

It's just outrageous now, it would cost me 20K to drop a new well. It's just fucked.