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Originally Posted by pwd72s
This thread makes me realize how lucky I am when it comes to water. No treatment needed, and shallow enough to place an old gunsmoke style hand pump on the well head to use in power outages. When looking at the place the shallow well had me nervous. So I called a school classmate whose family homesteaded the area. He told me I'd never pump it dry, and was told to not go deeper or I'd hit bad water.
His advice has been spot on for...gosh, almost 40 years.
(edit) one of many times in my life that I learned local knowledge can be priceless.
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That's nice and convenient. My well is 520', not sure that would work!
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