u/Technical_Yam_8508

I have what appears to be an old abandoned shallow well/cistern setup on my property with a submersible pump still in place. I’m trying to understand whether it was a seepage cistern, shallow well, or groundwater collection system, and whether it’s recoverable for irrigation use.

I bought this house two years ago and it’s currently on city water. The house was built in the 60s. I removed a pressure tank assembly from the crawlspace that was left over from what I believe to be whatever this setup is.

I dropped a small little sump pump down in there and was using it to irrigate my garden, and given the really severe drought conditions in North Carolina pumped it dry within a few weeks