I have heard that that can damage a pump, running without any head pressure. You could pull the pitless, disconnect the pump and put a plug in the bottom of it, then put it back in to shut off the well. I had access to a new 6 inch sewer bag when I did ours at the cabin. It was overflowing about 20 gpm and I needed to put in the pitless. I lowered the sewer bag down int the well about 10 ft, aired it up, pumped out the water above it. Then I hole-sawed the opening for the pitless and installed it, and ran the line into the cabin. Once I release the air from the bag the casing filled up and overflowed again. I have a T with a 2 inch check valve about knee high for it to flow when it wants to, into a drain to the road ditch. The check is to prevent mice from getting into the well when it's not flowing. Right now it's so dry the water level is 2 feet below ground level. Our well here in Bemidji is a different story, it has 12 ft of positive head! It has something called a packer to prevent it from overflowing, it's a positive seal above the pitless. I hope I never have to work on it!
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