Early last week we turned on the irrigation well that's located near the property line on the right side of Orchard 5 in the ornamental grass bed, only to discover it had a sizable leak. It hasn't been needed in at least five years but the dry conditions and low lake level has us concerned we would run out of water if the weather pattern continued. How quickly things changed given the four inches of rain that came at the end of last week and refilled the lake. The well is approximately 400 feet deep and will provide 100 gallons per minute of water, or 144,000 gallons per day. That's around one third of the total water used for irrigating per night, but it will keep the lake level from getting critically low.
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| Here's the section of pipe cut out of the line along with the broken fittings that were leaking. There were two old valves that didn't work and a dead-ended tee that didn't go anywhere in the section of pipe removed. |
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| The good end of the existing line is being beveled to accept the new pipe and fittings. We also installed a new gate valve on the well casing that will allow us to stop the flow of water if needed. |
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| Down to fitting the last piece of pipe between the two black couplers then backfilling the hole. We may not need the well this year, but it's reassuring to know it's been fixed properly and can help us in the future. |
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