Why is your Long Grove water well pressure falling?

The water pressure at your Long Grove home or office
won't drop without a good reason.

The well outside your Long Grove home was so reliable, for so long, that you hardly gave it a second thought. But, now, your well water is running slower and you don’t know why.

At first, you weren’t sure. In fact, you chalked it up to your imagination: “I’m sure that’s the way the water has always run.” But, overtime, you began to realize that this wasn’t your imagination; your well was running slow or, at least, the water coming out of the faucet wasn’t coming out with the same force and volume you were accustomed to.

Once you realize that it’s not a figment of your imagination, your next thought is the most drastic: “THE WELL IS GOING DRY!!! If you’re at that point now, take a deep breath and relax; the odds that your Long Grove well is actually going dry is minimal. There is probably a different explanation and one that is far less dramatic than a dry well.

It’s far more likely that the reason you’ve seen a drop in water pressure is related to something to do with your well system. For instance, you could have a problem with …

• A short-cycling well pump
• A leak competing for your water pressure
• A clog somewhere in water well system

A short-cycling well pump is often an intermittent problem. In other words, you’ll have times when the water pressure is better than other times. The problem could be that the water pressure switch isn’t operating correctly. You could also have a bad bladder, or improper air charge, in your well tank. Without proper air pressure or with an occluded line going to the pressure switch, the well system isn’t getting an accurate read on when the well pump should run. Cycling makes the well pump and motor work overtime. As they work, and heat up, they can begin to wear out.

Something competing for your water pressure generally refers to a leak somewhere. Or, it could refer to a toilet that is constantly running. The leak could be inside the well or underground where you can’t see it.

Your pipes are clogged is a problem that, rather obviously, would cause a problem with water flow. Old pipes can rust (which could cause a leak) and sediment can accumulate in the pipes until, instead of a standard 3/4” pipe opening, you may have a fraction of that. You may also have a clog in the pressure switch line.

Whatever the problem, you can try to track down the cause yourself. But, be careful you don’t cause a bigger problem trying to fix the issue yourself. Or, you can call an expert – a water well technician – who knows their way around a well system and can get your well pressure back to the flow you’re accustomed to in your Long Grove home or office.