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Well Water Pressure

I live on a farm that is one-quarter mile from the well. The water pressure in the house is not that good. Is there anything short of replacing the well that will give me adequate water pressure?
Brian R.

Sizing the diameter of the line down as it travels from its point of origin is one way of increasing pressure. For example: if the well line is 1 inch, it could be reduced to three-quarter-inch and then to half-inch (one third of the distance for each size). Another way is to add a storage tank and pump. The well fills the storage tank at night and is then pumped into the house from the tank. The tank can contain a smaller more-efficient and less-expensive pump than that, which would be needed to improve pressure at the well. A tank would add the luxury of helping with settling out sediment and aid in allowing water treatment. For the best of all worlds you can elect to do both.
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