Texas Water Wells

Hydrofutures was on a project here in Sienna. The water well wasn’t pumping enough to meet the system requirements. It had a 1HP pumping assembly in the hole and the newly installed sprinkler system required at least 25GPM at 60PSI. The 1 horse wasn’t cutting it.
We designed a 2HP motor and pump to feed the house and sprinkler system. When we pulled the 1HP out of the well from 130 feet pump setting, we ran tubing to confirm bottom of the hole since we were going to set the 2HP deeper to around 240 feet. The total depth of the well was 300 feet.
At 240 feet, we hit something solid as we were unable to advance further. Turns out we hit another stuck pump and motor that overheated and lodged itself in the casing. We tried jamming it to dislodge and let it fall to the bottom of the well with no luck.
Since the 1HP was already pumping off (pumping water level would decline lower than the the pump setting), we notified the customer that it would be best to plug and abandon the hole and drill an offset. The homeowner had no idea about the stuck pumping assembly in the hole.
Poor water well records are standard in Texas. TWDB only requires drillers to submit drilling reports after completion of the well. But what about documentation of water well service work? As in pump removal/upgrades or well rehabilitation.
Hydrofutures aims to not only provide a water well platform to connect water well owners with service providers but also provide a platform to host water well records ranging from well logs to well repair records. The Texas water well industry needs better transparency and documentation of 1 million plus water wells.