My name has finally bubbled up to the top of the list for the well drilling company. They showed up this Monday morning and got right to work. We had looked over the property on Sunday and decided to put the well down just to the East of the Storage container. I was prepared to go down 400-500 feet if I had to go that deep to get good water.
When they showed up this morning and got to drilling, we got they were drilling down through sand, as expected. But he hit a batch of gravel at about 40-50 feet down. The sand was wet, and it looked like a rainwater catchment basin. They were setting up after lunch to try that depth to see what kind of water & what quantity we could get.
Of course, that is when a minor disaster hit. They lost a 45–50-year-old drill bit down the 20 ft hole. After spending an hour or so trying to fish it out, Mike (the owner) recommended abandoning that hole and moving over and backfilling that hole. I agreed, providing I get custody of any drill rigs that sprout from the seed.
We shifted over and back about 4-6 feet and started over. After drilling down 120 feet we hit water. Unfortunately, it’s not “good” water. Mike, the driller, estimates that using reverse osmosis, I would be getting 1 out of 4 gallons, the rest would have to be disposed of, probably back in the pond. He is off investigating some wells drilled nearby and tomorrow we will decide how to proceed. (My guess is that we will keep drilling.)
Some days chickens, some days feathers.
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Hope it all goes well, even if they need to go down 400 ft to get good water. RO does cost $$ to run a pump and need periodic membrane changes.