An email note from Dr. Dan indicates that the water test was negative for E. Coli. They are still pumping water to flush the chlorine from the well water. This is probably useful for further sanitizing the water tank as well. Once there is no chlorine odor to the water, it should be fine and they can open the valve to supply water from the new well to the 5-in-1's.
Larry spoke with Glen at church yesterday. Glen is confident that the new well really is 80 meters deep because of the drilling logs he has from Monzi Drilling. He said he paid extra to have them drill to the greater depth so there would be less risk of contamination given the proximity of the well to the septic system.
The re-calculated capacity of the well based on an 80 meter depth is as follows:
3. Well #3: Static depth to reach water = 54 feet
Pumping water level = 93 feet
Bottom of the well = 70 meters
Calculated well flow capacity = 35 Gallons per minute
Pump motor = 2.0 horsepower
Time required to fill 10,000 liter tank = 1.3 hours
Specific capacity = 0.897 gallons per foot
Production of the well = 140 gallons per minute
Glen was a bit troubled that the pump would shut itself off after 8 minutes of pumping and our suspicion (based on the World Hope reps. comments) that the pump might be located higher up in the water column than one would expect.
