Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Help Digging a water well for my pond

Cecil, I interpreted GUNNER to be worried about having the pump running when the water level in the well dropped too low. I think you are correct that running a good pump 24/7 is allright IF the well provides sufficient water to keep the pump submerged 24/7 (repeated starting & stopping with the associated surges being hard on motors).

I have lost one submerged pump that ran way too much while "dry" due to a faulty pressure switch. I also had an above ground pump on a shallow well (13 feet) that somehow miraculously ran dry for 10-12 hours after horse boarders left a hose running (the heat from the pump running had the temperature in the pumphouse up over 100 degrees; it was simply amazing that the pump still worked and the barn didn't burn down).

I have tried to eliminate the possibility of that happening again by going to a deep well and a submerged pump at the barn. I am not aware of a way to have the pump shut off if the water level drops too far, but suspect something ought to be available out there.