Vertical Water Tanks – The Perfect Fast-Fix For Your Dry Well
One of the challenges rural homeowners are facing at an increased rate is the inconsistency of available well-water for their home. “My well keeps running dry, what can I do?” is a question we’ve been asked more this year than ever before. If this is a problem you’ve been facing, there are a few options you can explore to help improve your well. Or if you’re in need of an immediate fix with minimal excavation and construction, adding an above ground vertical water tank is the perfect fit. Below you’ll find the range steps you can consider that can help you make the best decision possible for your home.
Immediate Action to Take When Your Well Goes Dry:
- Turn off the pump immediately to avoid running the pump dry and causing costly damage to your system.
- Conserve your remaining well water by only using it for essential needs like drinking, cooking, and basic hygiene.
- Purchase a temporary source of safe drinking water such as bottled water. Or use a small liquid storage tank to hold water from certified water haulers, or municipal water stations. Do not pour water from an external source into your well, as this can contaminate the aquifer.
- Before making major decisions, have a licensed professional check for simpler problems like a pump malfunction, electrical issues, or plumbing leaks. Finding these issues could be a best-case scenario resulting in a fast and economical fix.
Long-Term Well Improvement Options:
If you’re considering improving or altering your well, we highly recommend hiring a professional who can create a customized plan for your situation. Every well is different and will require a unique fix in order to work correctly.
- Due to climate change, hot, dry summers, and other challenges, many water tables are dropping year after year. If the water table has dropped but not disappeared, a well technician may be able to lower the pump to a deeper water level. This will likely require a new pump that is designed to handle the deeper well and altered recovery rate.
- A professional can determine if deepening the existing well is an option to increase its water yield. This would require additional digging, along with a new pump system designed for your deeper well.
- If improving your existing well is not a viable solution, your remaining option is to dig a new well.
All of these options are a gamble. For a sure-fire, fast, and permanent fix, we recommend switching to a cistern for below ground storage, or a vertical tank for above ground storage.
The cost of repeatedly trying to save your well, improve it, or chase consistently lowering water level with deep well pumps, will cost more time, effort, and money than making the switch to a vertical water tank. Providing clean, reliable, consistent water for good.
If a well is going dry regularly it will most likely continue to be an ongoing problem. Not to mention the impact of climate changes, dry and hot summers, etc. that have become the norm in Ontario. The good news is that installing a vertical water tank is a quick and easy job. The vertical tank can be placed directly on a flat spot of your lawn, or a concrete pad if available. From there, you can use a poly line to connect into the existing line that was running from your well into your house using a tee or an elbow. The benefit with this is that it will require minimal plumbing and digging, accelerate the project, and get water back into your home as quickly as possible. A vertical tank is an even more efficient and economical option when compared to a plastic cistern, because it does not require excavation or backfilling.
If you’ve been experiencing challenges with your well, we can help. We’ve got a huge selection of vertical tanks and cisterns in stock, along with the pumps and plumbing your contractor will need to complete the job on time and on budget.
Below you’ll find our most popular tanks used to replace or supplement wells.
Vertical Liquid Storage Tanks
The VST-2500 NAT is a 3000 US Gallon WHITE Vertical Liquid Storage Tank. 90″ Diameter x 121″ Height. Approved for agricultural purposes including water, fertilizer, and more.
Low Profile Cistern – Den Hartog ACT2500-LPG (2500 USG, 9463 L)
2500 USG Low Profile Cistern with 28″ Ground Access Assy. Measuring 158″ long x 98″ wide x 54″ tall. Manufactured from high-density polyethylene with U.V. inhibitors for liquids up to 1.7 specific gravity. Low Profile Water Cistern Tanks conform to the requirements of NSF/ANSI Standard 61.
