No Water or Losing Pressure

Losing pressure gradually over days or weeks is a different animal from water stopping outright. Gradual decline points toward the tank losing its charge, a pump that is wearing out and no longer keeping up, or in some cases the well itself giving less than it used to. Sudden loss more often points at something that failed outright — a switch, a breaker, a broken line, or a pump that has actually quit.

Sediment coming out of the faucets, or air spitting and sputtering at fixtures, is a well-side symptom more often than a house-side one — it usually points at the well, the pump intake or the water level rather than anything wrong with the home's own plumbing. That distinction matters for where the call gets routed: household plumbing issues go to a plumber, and well-side symptoms go to a well contractor, and confusing the two wastes a visit.

What this usually involves

• Sudden no-water calls
• Gradual pressure decline over days or weeks
• Sediment or air at fixtures traced back to the well side
• Distinguishing well-side symptoms from house-side plumbing
• Getting water running again and finding out why it stopped

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