Hello, I have been living in my home for two years. All of the sudden, the last time I did laundry it drained into my sump pit, which overflowed. After I manually removed the water, I dumped a pot of water into my washer and ran it on "drain and spin" to test whether the water would go into the sump pit, and it did. I am very confused, because it's not like it was set up this way by the previous homeowners since it just happened. What could have happened to make this start happening all of the sudden? Are there easy possible solutions to try? I know I might have to get a plumber, but I wanted to see if it was something easy to handle first. Thanks! [b]My house has a well and septic [/b](no city sewage), if that makes a difference.

First off I am new to this forum and its been a ton of help, so thanks. I have an old well on my property that is not used anymore, my goal is to use it to supply the sprinkler system for my lawn. I removed all the old lines and pump, so everything is new. I am good at plumbing but this is my first experience with any well. The Well is a concrete circle about 3' diameter, the about a 1' hole at the bottom, I can see water at the bottom which is 14' to the water. the 1" pipe I put in the well is 28' long with a foot valve at the bottom (foot valve is 1.5"), it matches what I pulled out. I bought the shown pump at HarborFreight (i know it might be garbage but this an experiment, so trying to keep the cost down to see if the idea works) I hooked the pump up and turned it on (primed everything) clear water came out, for a few minutes then black water for about 10 mins, now I get clear water, its about the flow of a sink faucet 1/2 on (i need to measure the GPM) I then put a check valve on the out put and hooked it to the sprinkler system. When I turn it on the pump will build pressure to 60 PSI then turn off, if I open the sprinkler valve one sprinkler will pop up and work for a few minutes then go back down. The pump turns back on and runs continuously, and the pressure on the pump gauge drops fast. I checked the pressure in the tank- its at 30 psi My question is this - Are my expectations out of line that this should work? Do I need a bigger tank? is the pump not big enough? Am I not getting enough water from the well to supply the sprinklers? I was thinking I could get a few rain barrels, use the pump to fill them, then switch the pump from the well to the rain barrel. Any help is appreciated. [img]https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/655x644/pump_set_up_diagram_bcfc92485dc7b6cc13eeed078ac0aba572f3d4c3.jpg[/img] [img]https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/527x273/pump_info_8d720859ad433a012688814b9c16b5f8bf0c66fd.jpg[/img] [img]https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/591x572/pump_picture_12ef1484626e80e3c00477c5c947c95b10334e1e.jpg[/img] [img]https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.doityourselft.com-vbulletin/627x595/sprinker_info_f94ec3bc931949f69863133a35d7568692ef9f10.jpg[/img]