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Old 09-21-2016, 11:50 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by ITD View Post
It would be the first thing I thought of, as you obviously did, but you are right, putting water back into your well and expecting it to fill up and stay there like a tank is not realistic.
No to mention that it is VERY risky to be putting water from another source down an existing well. I would suspect the possibility of contaminating the well (or worse, the neighborhood aquifer) would be high. This is the reason why most ground source heat pump systems are required to have closed loop returns.
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