Well, that costs a LOT of money!!

I whine occasionally about my water bills, having spent a good deal of my adult life on well water but back on city water now.

I'd forgotten how expensive the occasion well and septic repair were. I remember at least one pump motor (submersible) replacement. It was expensive back then.

Ouch.

City water and sewer is way better than well and septic. Things get very expensive when things go wrong with well and septic.

Oh geez, that is a big hit!  I feel you though.  My teenage son and daughter just cost us $3,000 collectively in auto repairs within the last week. 

Ouch, that's a lot of money down the drain.

JohnnyK

City water and sewer is way better than well and septic. Things get very expensive when things go wrong with well and septic.

 

I love my well water, city water is just nasty and loaded with chemicals like flouride (poison) and chlorine. The cost of not ever having to pay a monthly water or sewer bill offsets any repairs that arise.

When power goes out folks in town don't have water. I have a hand pump on the top of my well head so I have water if the power or the well pump goes out.

As far as sewer goes we use a maintenance free sewage lagoon here so there is no cost at all attached to that. I enjoy having independence from as many monthly utility bills as possible.

You might consider keeping the old one and having it rebuilt at some point to have as a spare.

The well guy told me that if I replace my old pressure tank with a bladder tank the new pump should last 40 years. I'll be 110 years old by then so I'll never know if that is true.

Tickmagnet

 

As far as sewer goes we use a maintenance free sewage lagoon here so there is no cost at all attached to that. I enjoy having independence from as many monthly utility bills as possible.

 

What is a sewage lagoon? 

I don't know, but it doesn't sound like a good place to swim!

Tickmagnet

 

I love my well water, city water is just nasty and loaded with chemicals like flouride (poison) and chlorine. The cost of not ever having to pay a monthly water or sewer bill offsets any repairs that arise.

 

 

JohnnyK

 

 

Tickmagnet

 

As far as sewer goes we use a maintenance free sewage lagoon here so there is no cost at all attached to that. I enjoy having independence from as many monthly utility bills as possible.

 

 

 

 

What is a sewage lagoon? 

 

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 When you guys say well water do you mean water tank or an actual well?

Panzer Joe

 When you guys say well water do you mean water tank or an actual well?

 

 

An actual well drilled into the ground

JohnnyK

The well guy told me that if I replace my old pressure tank with a bladder tank the new pump should last 40 years. I'll be 110 years old by then so I'll never know if that is true.

 

Makes sense.If it's not too late I'd look into getting the biggest tank you can fit to keep the start cycles down. I do remember once when my well was cycling constantly it seemed. I checked the air pressure which was way down, pumped it up and that solved it. Other than that I'm saying nothing to jinx myself.

My well was drilled to be about 250 feet deep. The pump is set 125 feet deep. The well was drilled deeper in case the water level drops. If that happened, the pump would simply be lowered instead of having to drill the well deeper.

GlennH

 

 

JohnnyK

The well guy told me that if I replace my old pressure tank with a bladder tank the new pump should last 40 years. I'll be 110 years old by then so I'll never know if that is true.

 

 

 

 

Makes sense.If it's not too late I'd look into getting the biggest tank you can fit to keep the start cycles down. I do remember once when my well was cycling constantly it seemed. I checked the air pressure which was way down, pumped it up and that solved it. Other than that I'm saying nothing to jinx myself.

 

Oh My !

 And I was pining for my old place. They had to replace the well. Drilling a new one. The ground shifted and the casing that was about eighty years old collapsed. $12,000.00 and counting !

 It  seems that the shift was caused by new construction down the hill a ways. They's not the only ones affected.

Thr rigs that are used to drill wells cost close to $1 million. That's why it costs so much to drill a well. 

JohnnyK

Thr rigs that are used to drill wells cost close to $1 million. That's why it costs so much to drill a well. 

 

Just noticed your kinda close by. I'm in Propsect Hts now. Seems like I only ever see about 2 places that do well stuff/ I have zero complaints about my water. Zero smell or taste. A bit of iron though. Sounds like you already had a pretty large tank anyway.

Except for iron, our well water usually does not have an "off" taste or smell. The water now has a funny taste and smell. I thin that the well was disturbed when the new pump was installed. Once it settles down the water should be okay.