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I will be pounding a sandpoint well for watering my garden in about a week. I have a few questions about it.
We live in a very sandy area of Central Minnesota. I looked at my counties wat water table maps and In our area it says <10 feet. So here are a few questions I have.

1.   Let's say I start getting water at 10', if I pound to 15 or 20 feet is it possible that there is no longer any water there? Or if I hit water at 10 feet...will there be water all the way down until the sand turns to clay or bedrock? If you were pounding a sandpoint and hit water at 5-10 feet...would you pound it further I guess is what I am asking because 5-10 feet seems super shallow.

2.   I plan to buy an electric pump with a 5 gallon pressure tank attached. But am I also supposed to buy a pitcher hand pump just for testing purposes as I am trying to find water? When I hit water, is there a good way to know if it will be sufficient to be running sprinklers on with an electric pump? I have about a 50'x100' garden, and will need a few different zones worth of sprinkler heads.


Thanks for your time.
 
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Hi Joe,
I don't have any experience, but I found a PDF from Wisconson that has a lot of good info.

https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/sites/default/files/topic/DrinkingWater/Publications/DG022.pdf
 
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