At 0400, the
water pressure was still inadequate.
Same story at 0600. I grabbed a
shower at 0630, hoping the water supply would let me rinse off all the soap
before dwindling down again. I woke
Gloria at 0730 so that she could take advantage of any repressurization that might
have magically taken place.
At 0755, I
called the well/drilling company that we use for water solutions. They showed up at about 0930. We were concerned about pressure switches and
sensors, pressure tanks, and other above ground but under the house
components. We also were worried about
the pump.
With all the
house faucets closed, yesterday the flow rate varied between 0 gpm and
3gpm. That should have told us more than
it did. Rather than suspecting a leak, I
thought that the low flow was due to a slow and long pressure tank refill
cycle. This morning the flow rate jumped
to 8 gpm. That pointed to a leak.
Fortunately,
the leak was located at the faucet feeding off the line to the house at the
filter shack. A T-fitting 18 inches
below the surface had split through the male threads and would have certainly
failed by this time tomorrow. When
exposed, it showed a semi-circular split where formerly connected to a 1-inch
water line.
The leak is
closed. The bad line was cut out and a
very well engineered replacement section now carries water to the house. We are running water through all the faucets
in an effort to clear the turbidity in our water. The well crew said lots of people are having
similar problems, mostly due to the recent rain and snow feeding down into the aquifer. Until it clears, we have our RO system to
provide drinking water.
Not a bad
outcome to a potentially major problem.
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