Geothermal Heatiing / Cooling system for irrigation?

Question

I have a geothermal heating and cooling system in my house. The water source I'm using is an 1100' deep well. Unfortunately I only get a couple of gallons per minute out of it. Since the well is so deep I was considering tapping off of it and using it to water my lawn. The lawn itself is only about an 16,000 square feet. Does anyone see an issue with this? I was hoping that drawing water from it would open up some fissures in the bedrock and increase the flow of water.

Answer 1

It is not likely to increase flow.  Are you sure the low flow is not from head preasure drop in the pump.  1100' is an extreamly long way to pump the water up.