"hk" wrote in message
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We lucked out and got a high flow of good water at 250'. One of our
near-neighbors had to go down more than 400 feet. We get a water test
every year from the county and so far, so good. The county has little
interest in piping municipal water to "us'ns" out here in ruralville.



It's surprising that you hit at 250', yet your neighbor had to go over 400'.
My understanding, based on what the well driller told me, is that deep wells
are dug into the bedrock. The bedrock is basically saturated with water,
typically for many miles around ... even hundreds of miles . As you draw
water, the bedrock local to your well tip re-saturates almost immediately.

Eisboch