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WATER TABLE
jwb267
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went to water mom's garden this evening and the darn well went dry. we had a very wet spring with plenty of water, cant understand why it went dry. i can remember in the 60's dad was concerned about the water table. he had a well driller come and set over the well and told him to go deeper. (well is only 32' deep) back then the only type of drill around here was a hammer drill. he tried to get the water out of the well so he could hammer deeper, but was unable. that well supplied water for four of us well into the 70's. as my sister and i moved out that left dad and mom to use the water. when dad passed away in the late 80's mom went on city water. at that time the well was only used in the summer to water the garden , now it's all gone. i went and checked my records of measurment of the water, and 5 years ago i had 14' of water now i have 2'. CHECK YOUR WELLS!!!!!!
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Merc
Are you sure that there is no water at the bottom, and not just holes in the pipe? Well pump impellers gone? Motor froze?
Have you put a weighted line down the well to see if it comes back wet?
I have a hand dug well at a house in San Diego that was put in in 1956. It is only 48' deep but it has always had water.
Margaret Thatcher
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
Mark Twain
Our wells here at one time averaged 20ft. now there 80+ ft.
Good grief man, around here there are people whose wells are 600'-700' feet deep!!!! 32' seems a bit ALOT shallow, especially if you have a septic tank.
Lots of wells are drying up due to the increased usage of new construction, as house are built and wells put into the same water table it gets used up.
This is what has happened in our area.
New demands have dried up some shallow wells, and some deep ones, depends on location.
Where do you think all that "city water" is coming from?
Merc
from a lake[;)]
!!!!!!![:0][:0] 32' [:0][:0]!!!!!!!!
Good grief man, around here there are people whose wells are 600'-700' feet deep!!!! 32' seems a bit ALOT shallow, especially if you have a septic tank.
most of the wells in this area range from 30' to 50', with the exception of a couple of new houses (built 40 yrs. ago) that used a rotary drill and their wells average 150'-200'