Well pump running constantly in Kingston, WA

The likely causes here

Start with a leak on the buried line. Long poly well lines go brittle and split, often at a rock pressing on the pipe or a bend. Around White Horse and Arness Park the housing dates from 1970s-to-1990s acreage with a newer core near the ferry, which makes this the likeliest answer to well pump running constantly.

Then a waterlogged pressure tank. Rapid short-cycling, on and off every few seconds, means the tank has lost its air charge. We've seen it near Arness Park more than once, usually on 400-foot poly lines under gravel drives.

Finally, a failed check valve. Lets water drain back down the well when the pump stops. Worth five minutes before anyone digs outwash near Appletree Cove.

What to check first

A correlator across the run and a ground microphone at the correlated spot is how those get found.

First steps for well pump running constantly near Indianola Road: walk the line's route for a green stripe or soft ground. Note the rhythm: slow steady cycling or rapid short-cycling. Close the house main shutoff and see if the cycling continues. Then call; the rest is a locate through outwash near Appletree Cove, not guesswork.

The fix in Kingston

When it's the buried line, the fix in Kingston is well line leak detection: we repair or replace, trace the line through beach deposits along the cove at the marked spot on shoreline lots on Miller Bay, and isolate the problem. Pipe locator and the mini excavator ride on the first trip so it's finished the same visit.

Lindvog Road, Indianola Road, Appletree Cove: near any of them, well pump running constantly gets the same crew and the same equipment. Up Highway 3 and across on 104, day or night, with the mini excavator on the trailer for wooded acreage along South Kingston Road.