Sprinkler pumps? shallow (30') well pumps for irrigation? got one!!!

Judith Browning wrote:...My use this morning was 100 gallons so it could be I brought the water table down low enough it will take awhile to replenish the well.

I may have missed it but is this a pretty deep drought year or about normal for rainfall?  Wondering if that could be impacting the rate of replenishment of that well......

John,  according to the drought map for this state we are on the border of 'abnormally dry' and 'moderate drought'.
Our normal rainfall is 50" a year and I hear we are 25"short.

I won't be surprised if this well slows ...I was able to pump another 20 gallons after a four hour rest....will see what it's like in the morning.

I found that the problem yesterday, when I thought I had drawn down the ground water too much was really I had just lost the prime....not by much, less than a quart.
So today I've drawn 140 gallons in 20 gallon increments so far, early morning on garden beds and this afternoon into black lidded feed tubs.
I got 25 gallons once but lost the prime again so am being more careful and stopping early.

I have a couple more feed tubs to fill.....might have to look around for some more containers and see if I can make it to 200 gallons.

For us this is huge amount of garden water.

EDIT:  I ran 200 gallons of well water total today!
The downside, of course is that it is in 20-25 gallon increments waiting 45 minutes to an hour between runs.
Most importantly though, it shows that the well is replenishing....just not as fast as this pump can pump.

As far as I know there is no one on this end of town who is using a drilled well so it could be there are no other demands on the ground water.