A 2 GPM well can still run a whole homestead — storage plus booster, engineered to your measured yield.
Storage tanks, booster pumps and pressure systems that make low-yield granite and fracture wells run like city water — engineered around your well's real GPM
From $3500 · System sized in writing to your measured GPM and daily demand.
The problem
Plenty of good Gillespie County wells — especially in the granite around Willow City and the fractured Ellenburger up by Doss — only make 1-5 GPM. Run that straight to the house and showers die the moment the washing machine kicks on.
The wrong answer is over-pumping a low-yield well until it sucks air and burns up a $3,000 pump — or drilling a second $15,000 hole you didn't need.
We let the well fill a 1,500-5,000 gallon storage tank slowly, around the clock, and a booster pump delivers 12+ GPM to the house from storage. Same well, full pressure, pump protected by low-level cutoff.
What’s included
- Demand calculation from your household, stock and irrigation load
- Poly or galvanized storage tank sized to the well's measured yield
- Booster pump and pressure tank delivering constant house pressure
- Float and low-level controls so the well can never be pumped dry
- Freeze protection appropriate to Hill Country winters
Transparent pricing
| 2,500-gallon storage + booster system, installed | from $6,500 |
| Booster/pressure upgrade to existing storage | from $3,500 |
Frequently asked questions
Is storage cheaper than drilling a new well?
Almost always. A complete storage and booster system typically runs $6,500-$12,000 installed; a new well in the same granite that made your first well low-yield runs $15,000-$25,000 with no promise of more water.
Will the tank water stay clean?
Sealed tanks with screened vents, first-draw turnover and optional inline chlorination or UV keep stored water potable. We spec the sanitation with the system.