Cost of deep wells ???

[westcliffe01]

My wife was looking at a piece of land in CO. So I sent the nearest well driller an email asking about wells in the area and the response was one should bargain on 600-850 ft and an all up cost from $70-100k. Drilling and casing $80/foot. Anyone's first thoughts on that news ???

Back in 2012 I met with a well driller in a different county where pretty much all drilling is through hard rock in the mountains and the estimate was for 500ft at a price of about $26k. Something has become a lot more expensive in 10 years and it was not gas, thats for sure...

 

[tractortroof]

It differs greatly from place to place, even within the same city. It seems the drillers know what areas are more difficult. Around here 650 feet is $7-10k probably 30% more now

 

[Roadworthy]

Go shopping for a property that already has a well.

 

[/pine]

So glad we are blessed with mountain spring water and gravity...
Water is about 58* and regularly tests better than the neighbors drilled well...have to use a pressure regulator to lower the pressure...!

Drilled wells here (lower Appalachia) with lots of granite is about $15/foot...depth really depends on where (elev. wise) on a mountain the home site is...

 

[ponytug]

Not far off the prices here for a well that deep. One nearby was 700', for around $100k.

It is very very site dependent, and especially geology and hydrologically dependent. E.g. gabbro vs sand, accessible aquifer vs rock fractures for water. No guarantees.

All the best,

Peter

 

[westcliffe01]

more than 90% of lots are undeveloped. Very few lots where the buyer has invested in a well prior to building.

 

[westcliffe01]

It differs greatly from place to place, even within the same city. It seems the drillers know what areas are more difficult. Around here 650 feet is $7-10k probably 30% more now

Thats $14.28 a foot... Vs $80 a foot ?

 

[newbury]

And here in the east I suffer with about 35 gallons/sq ft falling annually

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Our last well was drilled at 500' and it cost us $25K. That was 10 years ago....

The prices can really vary though, we had prices / bids as high as $50K.

 

[Jstpssng]

The worst part is they really don't know how far down they will go before hitting water, so the only way that they can even give a ballpark price is based on depth of nearby wells. In this state all wells are entered into a database so that you can get that information. I'm not sure if that's the case where you are.