So my house was built in 1970. It has had rural water probably since the late 80s or early 90s. I have used the cistern for water to settle the dirt from the septic system install when we bought the house in 2012. The cistern is two round concrete tanks with a three foot wide access above ground with concrete covers. It has another tank or culvert that is filled with rock and sand next to it that had the rain spout going into it at one time. The pump works but only makes enough pressure to trip the switch some times. The big issue I am having is that it isn't flowing enough to run an impact sprinkler hard enough to oscillate. If I pinch the hose off and let it build pressure and let it go again it will keep up for a half hour or so till it stops moving. A lot of sediment came out when I kicked it on as I haven't used it in a few years but cleared up. I had the tank run dry a few years ago and looked in it but I don't remember if I could see the pump intake or not.
Does anyone have any experience with a setup like this? I don't know if the intake to the pump is through that sand filter. If it is I would bet it has a bunch of sediment around it cutting down flow. I have poked the bottom of the tanks before and they didn't appear to have much sediment on the bottom.
Does anyone have any experience with a setup like this? I don't know if the intake to the pump is through that sand filter. If it is I would bet it has a bunch of sediment around it cutting down flow. I have poked the bottom of the tanks before and they didn't appear to have much sediment on the bottom.