I know most well depths in my area. Most new wells are 100+ ft into the water. When mine was drilled they only went 47ft into the water.
If I could access the bottom of my well I would have 15 more ft of water.
Help with my future well drilling situation.
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If I could access the bottom of my well I would have 15 more ft of water.
I didn't know such a thing existed
What the market will bear... Did he get a few local quotes? I think some contractors will put out a "make a wish" number, and if the guy doesn't wince, they will keep adding stuff until he does.
Or maybe it was a very challenging site, and ground to drill?
During and after COVID we had tons of city folks trading in their city houses for something in the country, then a dry summer, and there was a lot of new wells going in at eye-watering prices! I don't blame the guys, as if someone will pay you twice as much as you normally get to get it done next week, then go for it... But some local people who didn't have a $500k in cash had to wait, but they know enough to conserve water or fill up a water tank at the municipality for a couple bucks...
My well was installed in 2022 was set at 350', fracked, all in for $25,000 CDN or $18,000 USD.
Definitely depends on location for cost.
Definitely depends on location for cost.
I have had many quotes . All are $40k+ and all very close priced
Could be the local geology, lack of competition, higher cost of living. Sure the business may complain about the cost of cleaner pump trucks but that stuff is written off fairly quickly.
Yep, I guess that is the going rate in your area. I guess there's no real practical way to get around it.
If you want to try a dew collection science project, if you get dew most nights? Fog? With some wind? At my place we get dew most nights but is also very still air, which limits how much dew accumulates. I think some wind really helps for making dew/fog collection systems work.
Not much dew in the Mojave desert.
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Here in MD the wells have doubled in depth in 20 years.
My last well was over 700 ft deep.
Pricing was recently $14k for 350 feet plus everything needed inside supplied and installed.
Average pricing here is $9 to $13 a foot. It's went down as i paid $13 a foot in 1999 for a 300 footer
My last well was over 700 ft deep.
Pricing was recently $14k for 350 feet plus everything needed inside supplied and installed.
Average pricing here is $9 to $13 a foot. It's went down as i paid $13 a foot in 1999 for a 300 footer
I was quoted $80 per foot yesterday. That's drilling only. Does not include the casing,wires etc
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Yeah me too
Do you have municipal water filling near your work? Putting a 100gal in a water tote every time you go into town is maybe OK for a short dry spell, or do you go through a lot of water?
Maybe get a 1000 gal tank and collect from the roof and also can be storage for your daily trips, or storage for a large water truck delivery.
In the Cook Islands we rented regular houses and they all have a big storage tank, for collecting rainwater. They also have low flow municipal water that is sometimes off for a couple days, so they keep the tank topped up and run a pump and pressure tank, and its got 10-15+ days of water in it.
I think they add some chlorine to the storage tank once in a while, and they had a house UV filter, so we drank the water from the tap without any drama.
Not as ideal as a good well, but a good deal cheaper!
Maybe get a 1000 gal tank and collect from the roof and also can be storage for your daily trips, or storage for a large water truck delivery.
In the Cook Islands we rented regular houses and they all have a big storage tank, for collecting rainwater. They also have low flow municipal water that is sometimes off for a couple days, so they keep the tank topped up and run a pump and pressure tank, and its got 10-15+ days of water in it.
I think they add some chlorine to the storage tank once in a while, and they had a house UV filter, so we drank the water from the tap without any drama.
Not as ideal as a good well, but a good deal cheaper!
No municipal place to fill a tank. I can get water from friends and probably work. I have a 275G tote I haul it with. We have a 2500G emergency tank that's full and a pump I use to fill my pressure tank.
3 yrs ago I bought a 4000g water truck home 2x.
Rain water runoff from a roof does not happen here
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I don't know if a water truck still serves my area. The guy we did had to park his truck 01-01-25 due to not being emissions compliant any more. I have not seen a water truck on our roads recently at all.
That is crazy. Government helping people I guess.
Can you have them drill your current deeper? That's what people in WV and Texas do.
And in Maryland.
No. Nobody offers that here .
