OT. dry well :(
 

Well, for the first time in 20 years our well in Essex has gone dry.
It had gone out a couple of months back and we went a little deeper
(dug well), but now it's looks like I am going to have to drill. We
have had very little rain up here in CT ether this year, not as bad as
the south, but enough to cost me a bundle. So I know how you feel
Loogie, any wells going out down there?

OT. dry well :(
 

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:59:02 -0000,
wrote:

Well, for the first time in 20 years our well in Essex has gone dry.
It had gone out a couple of months back and we went a little deeper
(dug well), but now it's looks like I am going to have to drill. We
have had very little rain up here in CT ether this year, not as bad as
the south, but enough to cost me a bundle. So I know how you feel
Loogie, any wells going out down there?

Wowzers - that's a bummer.

How deep do the drillers think they will have to go?

OT. dry well :(
 

On Oct 25, 8:34 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:59:02 -0000,
wrote:

Well, for the first time in 20 years our well in Essex has gone dry.
It had gone out a couple of months back and we went a little deeper
(dug well), but now it's looks like I am going to have to drill. We
have had very little rain up here in CT ether this year, not as bad as
the south, but enough to cost me a bundle. So I know how you feel
Loogie, any wells going out down there?

Wowzers - that's a bummer.

How deep do the drillers think they will have to go?

Find out when I make some calls tomorrow. 20 years ago a guy gave me a
"guess" based on geological (I think that is the right word) info he
had, but I do not remember...

OT. dry well :(
 

On Oct 25, 10:30 pm, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:34:37 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:59:02 -0000,
wrote:

Well, for the first time in 20 years our well in Essex has gone dry.
It had gone out a couple of months back and we went a little deeper
(dug well), but now it's looks like I am going to have to drill. We
have had very little rain up here in CT ether this year, not as bad as
the south, but enough to cost me a bundle. So I know how you feel
Loogie, any wells going out down there?

Wowzers - that's a bummer.

How deep do the drillers think they will have to go?

Depends on how deep his pockets are!

ouch!

OT. dry well :(
 

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:54:22 -0000,
wrote:

On Oct 25, 8:34 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:59:02 -0000,
wrote:

Well, for the first time in 20 years our well in Essex has gone dry.
It had gone out a couple of months back and we went a little deeper
(dug well), but now it's looks like I am going to have to drill. We
have had very little rain up here in CT ether this year, not as bad as
the south, but enough to cost me a bundle. So I know how you feel
Loogie, any wells going out down there?

Wowzers - that's a bummer.

How deep do the drillers think they will have to go?

Find out when I make some calls tomorrow. 20 years ago a guy gave me a
"guess" based on geological (I think that is the right word) info he
had, but I do not remember...

The reason I asked is because of your location. Most wells in that
area are almost down to 250 feet.

Ours is 465, but then we're on a hill.

OT. dry well :(
 

On Oct 26, 6:23 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:54:22 -0000,
wrote:





On Oct 25, 8:34 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:59:02 -0000,
wrote:

Well, for the first time in 20 years our well in Essex has gone dry.
It had gone out a couple of months back and we went a little deeper
(dug well), but now it's looks like I am going to have to drill. We
have had very little rain up here in CT ether this year, not as bad as
the south, but enough to cost me a bundle. So I know how you feel
Loogie, any wells going out down there?

Wowzers - that's a bummer.

How deep do the drillers think they will have to go?

Find out when I make some calls tomorrow. 20 years ago a guy gave me a
"guess" based on geological (I think that is the right word) info he
had, but I do not remember...

The reason I asked is because of your location. Most wells in that
area are almost down to 250 feet.

Ours is 465, but then we're on a hill.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, iirc 2 - 250 might be about right.

OT. dry well :(
 

On Oct 25, 7:59 pm, wrote:
Well, for the first time in 20 years our well in Essex has gone dry.
It had gone out a couple of months back and we went a little deeper
(dug well), but now it's looks like I am going to have to drill. We
have had very little rain up here in CT ether this year, not as bad as
the south, but enough to cost me a bundle. So I know how you feel
Loogie, any wells going out down there?

In order to get *good* drinking water, you have to go quite deep here,
so most wells are still okay, from what I hear. When I lived in
western NY, our well was around 20 feet deep, basically you could go
out in your yard, put what they called a well point on a 1" pipe, and
drive it into the ground with a sledge hammer, and get good water.
Here you go about 100'. There is water closer to the surface, but
theres alot of iron in it. The older homesteads in the area that have
wells are lucky! They may have to stand guard over there wells! Good
luck with yours.

OT. dry well :(
 

On Oct 26, 8:00 am, wrote:
On Oct 26, 6:23 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:





On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:54:22 -0000,
wrote:

On Oct 25, 8:34 pm, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:59:02 -0000,
wrote:

Well, for the first time in 20 years our well in Essex has gone dry.
It had gone out a couple of months back and we went a little deeper
(dug well), but now it's looks like I am going to have to drill. We
have had very little rain up here in CT ether this year, not as bad as
the south, but enough to cost me a bundle. So I know how you feel
Loogie, any wells going out down there?

Wowzers - that's a bummer.

How deep do the drillers think they will have to go?

Find out when I make some calls tomorrow. 20 years ago a guy gave me a
"guess" based on geological (I think that is the right word) info he
had, but I do not remember...

The reason I asked is because of your location. Most wells in that
area are almost down to 250 feet.

Ours is 465, but then we're on a hill.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yeah, iirc 2 - 250 might be about right.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Wow! Like I said, in western NY you can get very good water at 20 in
most valley areas.

OT. dry well :(
 

On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:51:59 -0000, penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
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|Wow! Like I said, in western NY you can get very good water at 20 in
|most valley areas.

Incredible! Around here 20 feet would only get you the effluent of the
neighbor's septic tank.

Locally, most wells are 200-250' and just northwest of where I work,
1000' wells are fairly common!

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OT. dry well :(
 

On Oct 26, 10:49 am, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:51:59 -0000, penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|
|Wow! Like I said, in western NY you can get very good water at 20 in
|most valley areas.

Incredible! Around here 20 feet would only get you the effluent of the
neighbor's septic tank.

Yeah, these are in the woods, so your neighbor's septic would be
several hundred feet, if not miles apart! Another thing is there is so
much spring water in the area, that some people even on high hills get
water that shallow, if not a springhouse above ground! There was a
farm up the county road from where we lived that had a springhouse on
the hill and all of the water for the cows and house was gravity fed.
That water is so pure that when a company that was going to bottle it
bought the farm, the EPA or some such tested the water and it needed
nothing, but not to be taken aback, they are going to make them RO (or
something) it anyway. My brother's place has a dug well, it's about 25
feet deep, and the water table is about 6 feet down!

Locally, most wells are 200-250' and just northwest of where I work,
1000' wells are fairly common!

Now that's deep!