I have noticed that my sump pump has been dumping water pretty much nonstop for the last few weeks. Dumps water every 5-10 minutes. It's been raining quite a bit this winter (I live near DC) but still I am concerned that I have some sort of leak in the house. The water in the sump pump well does not smell so it's not sewage. I turned off the main valve in the house between approximately 10pm until 4pm the following day and during this time the pump kept working which I guess is good news. Still, I am worried (maybe it's also the COVID quarantine!). Anyhoo, someone suggested that I test water in the well to see if it's tap our not. Question: can I buy a kit of some sort at Home Depot, a drug store etc that i could use to do this? I suspect tap water would have a lot more chlorine in it, but I am not sure. TIA!

Hello We have a well on our property. The well is 140 feet deep. Plenty of water. The casing is 6”. Last summer I was quoted $1400 to hook up the well, not including electrical. We have county water for our house. We planted about 40 plants/trees. I would love to use the well water to water... mainly because I know it would be much better for the plants. We would only need to run a garden hose... the longest distance would be 300ft. What is the most economical way to hook the well up for use? It doesn have to be pretty. 😀 thanks so much!!