Getting drilled... Deep water well

[Arizona_928]

Bit the bullet and decided to get a well. After one week they're at 640 ft, and stable. final depth is 1,000 ft.

[kach22i]

I talked to a couple that just moved back from Arizona, they had a place up in the mountains 7,000 FT elevation, with a 2,000 FT deep well.

Said medical care was whiskey and bite a bullet compared to Ann Arbor, and they are getting older so they moved back.

[Arizona_928]

Originally Posted by kach22i

I talked to a couple that just moved back from Arizona, they had a place up in the mountains 7,000 FT elevation, with a 2,000 FT deep well.

Said medical care was whiskey and bite a bullet compared to Ann Arbor, and they are getting older so they moved back.

Not surprising. It gets really expensive past 1,000 ft. Especially for a pump.

[Tervuren]

I guess you live with the deep well state.

[Mark Henry]

Wow I thought my 125' was deep, everyone else around here is 25' to 75' deep.

Certain areas around here you can't trench in the spring, it's like cutting through hundreds of buried garden hoses.

[mreid]

25’ is almost unsafe for a potable water well. Typical casing goes deeper than that to keep out surface water. However, 1000 to 2000 feet is amazing! Even my in law’s well on their ranch in Boerne, TX s only 700 feet.

[Mark Henry]

Originally Posted by mreid

25’ is almost unsafe for a potable water well. Typical casing goes deeper than that to keep out surface water. However, 1000 to 2000 feet is amazing! Even my in law’s well on their ranch in Boerne, TX s only 700 feet.

Usually I'd agree and want at least 50', but my kids BFF house has a 25' bored well, tested no issues. Here water testing is free through the health dept.

My water (drilled well) is better than bottled water quality, I don't even have a water softener, just a basic filter.

[Reiver]

540 ft well on my property into a river fed aquafer...level rarely fluctuates. I thought I was deep.

No water softener altho we do have calcium in the water and no filter either....just drink it. after 15 years simply a fine layer of silt in the toilet bowl tanks.
Great water btw...

[mreid]

Originally Posted by Mark Henry

Usually I'd agree and want at least 50', but my kids BFF house has a 25' bored well, tested no issues. Here water testing is free through the health dept.

My water (drilled well) is better than bottled water quality, I don't even have a water softener, just a basic filter.

That’s what I’m hoping or our NY home.

BTW, we may be moving your way in the future.

[Alfasrule]

Mine ~500ft. 23GPM. Have a paper filter IRON everything turned Brown. Considering your elevation yours is not bad. Must need a hell of a pump for that depth. Very good H2O, BTW.

[mreid]

Is your water also low ph? The reason I asked is my well in PA had iron and a ph of 6.0. When I raised it to 7.2, the iron solidified into tiny lumps that were easy to filter out.

[Mark Henry]

Originally Posted by mreid

That’s what I’m hoping or our NY home.

BTW, we may be moving your way in the future.

It's not all perfect water here, some areas have iron and/or minerals and a few places have been polluted from farm operations. When buying a house with a well and septic you of course have to observe due diligence.

[GH85Carrera]

A week to go 640 feet?

Our well is 220 feet deep, and the pump is at 200 feet. It only took them 3/4 of day from roll up to leaving. Is your area all bedrock? Ours was all sandstone and red dirt, mostly dirt. I can see going through rock would take a while.

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

A week to go 640 feet?

Our well is 220 feet deep, and the pump is at 200 feet. It only took them 3/4 of day from roll up to leaving. Is your area all bedrock? Ours was all sandstone and red dirt, mostly dirt. I can see going through rock would take a while.

I would find it easy to believe that drilling time relative to depth is not a linear relationship.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Tervuren

I would find it easy to believe that drilling time relative to depth is not a linear relationship.

I doubt it is as well. But it should not be exponential or logarithmic.

I can for sure see that going through a lot of rock layers or all rock is way slower than mostly clay based soil like we have. The driller hit some pockets of sandstone, but sandstone is easy compared to many types of rock.

[Tervuren]

Ah dang, this somehow left PARF.

[mreid]

That’s good. I stink from hanging around in there and then I can’t help myself but post.

[Arizona_928]

Driller is an older guy and has been taking his time. Which I don't mind.
Took off yesterday and today as it has been very windy and he doesn't want to clog the air filter on the rig.

I'm quoting out pumps now, and it's stupid money. 12 grand for a 3hp 7gpm, but that also includes a 1,000 ft of copper wiring, and column pipe.

[Arizona_928]

Bed rock starts at around 20 ft. He's a nice guy so I trust he'll do it right, and not rush it.
As for the types of rock. I have no idea. I'll have to ask him when I pay him next week.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

That sounds deep,

I've got a 250 year old dry stone (no mortar/cement) well in my house, only 12ft deep as someone partially filled it in, I'd imagine when built it was around 75 ft deep.

Was built from the bottom up, they hammered steel spikes in and built the stone up, gradually going deeper as they dug out more.

Reminds me I need to get a glass cover made for it