On Sunday, 2 June 2013 14:52:17 UTC-3, F.O.A.D. wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote in message

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In these "heah parts," a 520 foot well would run you about $6000, just

for the hole. If I had to pay to drill to that depth, I'd prefer to

hit

oil, and truck in bottled water for the horsies to drink.



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That's just about what it cost but it included the pump, accumulator,

electrical wiring and control box. It was done several years ago and

has easily paid for it's self by now. We have a lot of lawn serviced

by sprinkler systems plus we have added a pool that we use the well

water to maintain. Before adding the well our town water bill was

getting close to $2k per year. It has dropped to a few hundred

dollars since adding the well.



The old timer drilling guy explained to me that they drill deep enough

to ensure at least a 12 gallons a minute delivery. It was interesting

watching the drilling process as he described the various levels of

rock and soil it was going through. He knew exactly where to find

the "good" stuff. He called it at about 100 ft and sure enough, at

500 ft he started getting nice results. Went another 20 ft and was

satisfied with 18 gallons per minute.

Whew.. when we built the Cape Cod style house 12 miles out of town in the mid 70's, we drilled 165 feet and got half a gallon a minute. That worked ok unless we tried to wash clothes, water the lawn and use the toilet all at the same time.
Once we had a Halloween party of about 20 at the house and I could hear the pump running steady.. that scared me, but next morning all was back to normal.

now we have city water, which they like to brag is darn good until last fall. We had an unusually hot August and a very rainy September which caused something new (geosporin sc??) to develop and make out water smelland taste earthy.
In past summers we would go to the local grocery store to re-fill 4 liter jugs with city water treated with fine filters, reverse osmosis and UV light.. When the problem didn't go away by Christmas, we bought a Brita pitcher with carbon filter. That worked well.