I have a well that has a low flow, or more properly a low recharge rate, towards the end of summer and thru the fall. It is realy good to have a storage tank for one of these ! When we moved in, there was no storage tank and we would drain the well and the pump would shut off when we were
watering the
yard. SO, I learned to not water the whole thing at once, and we sometimes had to go and reset the pump to restart it after waiting for a bit.
It is more convenient and better for emergencies to have reliable access to more water at once, eventually I bought a water storage tank. Due to money issues at the time, I ended up getting a 2500gallon storage tank. It has been wonderful, this storage is a great buffer so that we can take a
shower and water the yard, and the whole yard even at once. Not to mention water for any power outages, other emergencies or for fire danger, of
course we might wish we had more for fire suppression, but this 2500gallons is a whole lot better than before.
I cannot imagine why anyone is advising you to bypass a storage tank.
After a well pump replacement years ago, it turned out that the much-advertised dry pumping protection did not work as I thought it might and during the dry times of year, the well was often pumping when the well had not recharged sufficiently and there would be a small trickle of water going into the tank, this used
ALOT of power ! ( What you want is for the pump to turn off and try later...) I dont know if this is what they are afraid of with an empty tank wanting to be filled, that your pump will run and run with dribbles coming out, which costs alot of money and wears out pumps ? The way I solved this was to get a 24hour timer that I hard wired for the pumps elcctricity input, it is a very simple timer with a circle of 24 hours and a liitle dip switch at every 15 minute interval. I just decided to try setting it to one 15 minute interval once every hour. For my well, this was sufficient, could be that I could keep it on more, but I dont need it on more. This gives 45 minutes of recharge time for every 15 minutes of pumping time. I have never had an issue since I did this. ANd, I never have no water as 2500gallons in the tank is alot of water.