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will brady's ruminations
will brady's ruminations
2008-06-15
water
Progress is being made in our transition from a shallow dug well and a new 670 foot [204 m] deep artesian well.
The well we have been using [that's it on the right] has, for probably over a century, served the household adequately. The walls are blocks of Portland sandstone and it's only 12 foot [3.65 m] in depth; we know it has gone dry in the past, but we can track only a half dozen times since the 1960s. Until last autumn, when it
was dry for four months, it had been dry no longer than a few days. Four of those six dry times have been in the last ten years. We figure a drilled well was due.
Basically we had no competition for the water in our near-surface aquifer. All our immediate neighbors have had drilled wells for years. But we've also known that we live very close to the bedrock surface. Even one corner of the house, on the cellar level, has a "floor" of ledge. It is that ledge the drillers augured down through to eventually find about four separate veins bearing potable water that can supply us with about 4 gallons per minute.
So now the ground water we rely upon is much deeper underground and not just the surface water table.
Progress is being made in our transition from a shallow dug well and a new 670 foot [204 m] deep artesian well. The well we have been using [that's it on the right] has, for probably over a century, served the household adequately. The walls are blocks of Portland sandstone and it's only 12 foot [3.65 m] in depth; we know it has gone dry in the past, but we can track only a half dozen times since the 1960s. Until last autumn, when it
was dry for four months, it had been dry no longer than a few days. Four of those six dry times have been in the last ten years. We figure a drilled well was due. Basically we had no competition for the water in our near-surface aquifer. All our immediate neighbors have had drilled wells for years. But we've also known that we live very close to the bedrock surface. Even one corner of the house, on the cellar level, has a "floor" of ledge. It is that ledge the drillers augured down through to eventually find about four separate veins bearing potable water that can supply us with about 4 gallons per minute.
So now the ground water we rely upon is much deeper underground and not just the surface water table.
Labels: ground water, home life, water supply, water tanks, well drilling, wells
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2008-06-04
water
We are in the middle of getting a new well drilled. We hired John Sima from Cheshire. The rig displayed here goes up above the tree tops, and I'm told is one of Sima's smaller rigs.
Don't yet know how far down we have to go before hooking into an acceptable aquifer but we'll find out. A neighbor a quarter mile north had to go down 320 feet but got a good supply.
The yard is in chaos but I don't know how that could have been avoided. Our property is on a series of narrow terraces, and abutted with a 200 ft hight cliff on the eastern side. A road cuts through the property with s concrete and stone retaining wall limited access from the east side of the land. There is, quite literally, only one place where the drilling rig can make it on to the property, and even that location required prep work before the drilling could get started.
The well drilling process is messy but as long as we get the desired result, namely a fresh continuous flow of water, I'll be happy.
When the project is completed, we'll have two working wells; the shallow dug well [that is no deeper than 11 feet] and the drilled well. Both shall be hooked up together but will be able to be run separately. We'll likely use the dug well for yard and garden needs.
We are in the middle of getting a new well drilled. We hired John Sima from Cheshire. The rig displayed here goes up above the tree tops, and I'm told is one of Sima's smaller rigs.Don't yet know how far down we have to go before hooking into an acceptable aquifer but we'll find out. A neighbor a quarter mile north had to go down 320 feet but got a good supply.
The yard is in chaos but I don't know how that could have been avoided. Our property is on a series of narrow terraces, and abutted with a 200 ft hight cliff on the eastern side. A road cuts through the property with s concrete and stone retaining wall limited access from the east side of the land. There is, quite literally, only one place where the drilling rig can make it on to the property, and even that location required prep work before the drilling could get started.
The well drilling process is messy but as long as we get the desired result, namely a fresh continuous flow of water, I'll be happy.
When the project is completed, we'll have two working wells; the shallow dug well [that is no deeper than 11 feet] and the drilled well. Both shall be hooked up together but will be able to be run separately. We'll likely use the dug well for yard and garden needs.
Labels: home life, water, water supply, well drilling
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