If water pressure in your home or farm has gotten weak, the instinct is to blame the pump and ask for a bigger one. In most cases, that is not where the problem is.
A pump that is already keeping up with your well's yield doesn't need more horsepower. Weak pressure is more often caused by a worn pressure tank, a switch setting that needs adjusting, or friction loss in old or undersized pipe. Installing a bigger pump in a well that can't keep up with it does not fix any of those issues. It can make things worse by pulling the well down faster than it can recharge.
The right first step is to diagnose the actual cause before touching the pump. That means checking the pressure tank's air charge, testing the pressure switch settings, and looking at pipe size and condition between the well and the house.
Pump sizing itself depends on your well's depth, yield, and how much water you're pulling, whether that's household fixtures or irrigation demand. We set every pump based on your well's actual measured water levels, not a standard depth, so it sits low enough to stay below the pumping water level and high enough to stay clear of sediment at the bottom of the well.
One other detail worth knowing: well pumps come in two-wire and three-wire configurations. A two-wire pump keeps its starting components inside the pump itself. A three-wire setup keeps them in a control box at the surface, which makes servicing easier without pulling the pump. Which one fits your well depends on the specific setup.
Langford Drilling installs and services well pumps across Iron, Washington, Beaver, Kane, and Garfield counties from our base in Cedar City. Owner Stephen Langford holds Utah license #969, licensed as both a well driller and a pump installer, and has run every job personally since 2014.
If your water pressure has dropped off, call us at (435) 233-8954 before you replace the pump. We'll look at the whole system first.