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[Snobdds]

I never stated what the current well depth is and do not know it. The owner put it in, likely with a hammer knocking a sand point down. I would guess far less than 40ft. The driller did say he put in his close-by neighbors well in that was nearly 500ft deep. Plus he said there was variety of water formation depths in the area.

You couldn't tell he was lubing you up with the KY for his next victim...I mean customer.

 

[ArlyA]

We are meeting with a sanitarian at the Health Dept tomorrow. Will report back.

 

[2manyrocks]

Well water testing comes to mind. I remember being told about a local well near me that somebody had thrown a bunch of stuff into it that ruined it as a source of potable water. If well water was my only source of potable water, I'd want to get it tested.

 

[ArlyA]

Well water testing comes to mind. I remember being told about a local well near me that somebody had thrown a bunch of stuff into it that ruined it as a source of potable water. If well water was my only source of potable water, I'd want to get it tested.

We had planned to have it tested but the well is 8ft from the septic while code is 50ft. No reason to test it now, seems a new well need to be drilled.

 

[airbiscuit]

100%

 

[2manyrocks]

How would you decide about where to drill? My parents drilled for water in the 1960s. A guy came out with a dousing stick and told them where to drill. They found water about 500' down through quite a bit of rock. I always thought that it was really taking a gamble on the costs of drilling the well whether they'd find water.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

Would it be easier or cheaper (legal?) to move the septic vs the well? Seems like septic has less specialized tools for install. I got my whole septic run brand new for under $5,000 if I'm remembering correctly.

But then you would reallllllllly want that water test since there would be residuals. Then thinking more on it, there would be extra contaminants if the tank was filled in possibly.

 

[ArlyA]

The meeting with the health department guys went well. They had No records of any wells in the camps area so they could not comment on there depths. The mystery continues.... So we are trying to contact the closet camp and ask about there well. Its not fall, maybe 500ft away.

 

[ArlyA]

Would it be easier or cheaper (legal?) to move the septic vs the well? Seems like septic has less specialized tools for install. I got my whole septic run brand new for under $5,000 if I'm remembering correctly.

But then you would reallllllllly want that water test since there would be residuals. Then thinking more on it, there would be extra contaminants if the tank was filled in possibly.

Probably not. Most sand points have short lives, like 20 years and tend to have poor flow all the time. I'd guess this well is 15 years old already..

 

[ArlyA]

The driller responded and said where the 500ft well is located and it is close by. Looks like we'll be out there is weekend to get the locations number and give it to the sanitarian dept.. The new camp down the road which is pretty close by I got in touch with its owner yesterday. He has a newish sand point well there and gets limited, and gray water from his. Also said he wished to have a better well.