Two wells, same crop, same lift. One pumps an acre-foot for a few hundred kilowatt-hours. The other needs far more to move the same water, and nobody notices because the pump still starts every morning and the water still comes out. The difference shows up only on the...
Nobody notices a well losing ground. The pump still runs, the pivot still turns, and the water still comes. But each season it takes a few more feet of drawdown to get the same gallons, and the power bill carries the difference. By the time the pump starts surging in...
It is mid-August, the set has been running for days, and the discharge line starts to surge. Someone at the well hears it before anyone sees it on a gauge. By then the question is no longer “is there water down there?” It is “how much room did we...
Sprinklers that used to throw now limp. The far end of a drip block looks dry while the head looks fine. A gauge that used to sit at a familiar number is suddenly soft. Low Irrigation Pressure: Common Causes and How to Find the Problem covers the main causes and why...
A low reading at the well during irrigation feels like a water-supply crisis. Sometimes it is. Often it is normal drawdown, a longer set, a nearby well, a dirty screen, or a pump that is no longer making the same water for the same energy. This is the follow-on to Why...
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