water wells

Anonymous-0 · Jun 10, 2011

to get a good water well around my place is around 500 feet but it varys quite a bit depends on where you are and to get one drilled is lots of$$$$$$$ what is some of your water well depths

onefarmer · Jun 10, 2011

Hit water at 20ft, well was drilled to 120ft, and has static head at 10-15ft. Pump is down 40ft. 10 miles sw of St Johns Mi. A few miles north of me wells are over 400ft.

twopop · Jun 10, 2011

my almost new domestic well is 170 feet deep. cost 3200 to drill and case.most irrigation wells used to be 110 ft max.now new wells are drilled to red bed which is from 190 to 250 ft deep

David G · Jun 10, 2011

Eastern Iowa, 285'. I am in clay hills and there is a sand aquifer that
gives me some fairly soft water. Most of the wells around here are
in limestone and hard water.

Dave2N · Jun 10, 2011

Kind of a deep subject.

26cows · Jun 10, 2011

Well is 120ft, pump75ft. Nabor is 320ft. Across the road 500ft. This se wis.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 10, 2011

Mine's just over 3ft deep...No pumps, frozen lines, blown fuses, dead mice, sulfur taste......... Just change a filter every 5 or so years and read the meter /report each year. Water bill is cheaper than the upkeep, electricity, and stress of a well.

old · Jun 10, 2011

When I had my well drilled they hit water at 15 foot and had my small lake flowing back wards. Yes it is a lake not a pond since it has an inlet and an outlet. Any how the guy hit good water at 75 foot and asked me do I stop or go deeper. I said go to at least 100 foot. Had water all the way and it came up to 19.5 foot of the surface when he was done and have had good water ever since and that was done back in 1983 or 4

Anonymous-0 · Jun 10, 2011

the water lines are only dug in three feet? here i dig them min 8 feet

Anonymous-0 · Jun 10, 2011

30' to 275, round here, depending on how good of water you want.

bison · Jun 10, 2011

125" drilled well,turned out to become artisian 25 gal/min.Will build easy 30 psi when dead headed.

in-too-deep · Jun 10, 2011

Don't know how deep the hole is but my pump is at 20 feet.
Very, very good water. Just wish I didn't have to deal with
the water table being so high. Makes setting fenceposts
kinda tricky.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 10, 2011

(quoted from post at 17:32:28 06/10/11) the water lines are only dug in three feet? here i dig them min 8 feet

80 cm is the minimum in this area

Rollie NE PA · Jun 10, 2011

My well is 200' deep. I put in 60 feet of well casing even thou I only needed 30 feet. Water is 12 ft. from the top of the casing and the pump is down 170 feet. I have iron, sulfur and iron bacteria water but my water treatment system cleans the water pretty good. I have a hand dug well that is about 20' deep also.

There are alot of springs around me that have good water and have never gone dry.

John Harmon. · Jun 10, 2011

Our 8" well is at 800 feet right now but may have to go deeper as time goes by.It serves our 65 house community for daily use and with 12,000 gallon storage is our main fire protection along with our 3000 gal Big Ford Tanker and several smaller tanker/ pumpers. We live in the Valley of the Sun between Wickenburg and Surprise Arizona.JH

LeonardWD45 · Jun 10, 2011

Dads well is 72 ft. They hit water at 60 but continued down for added security. Static level is 20 ft from ground surface. Pump is at 68 ft. Water flow when drilled in 1975 was 25 gal per minute now is up to about 50.

Leonard

Phil in Pa · Jun 10, 2011

My pump is at about 30 feet. Very water-rich area here, springs all over the place.

Roy Suomi · Jun 10, 2011

Vell iss 125' teep....Veta on hard like kiivi...For all you non-Finns; well is 125' deep.... Water is hard like a rock

fixerupper · Jun 10, 2011

Right where I live it's 150' or so. It's an adequate supply but nothing great. A mile and a half north of me there's a gravel vein and every well is artesian with an endless flow. I get my water for crop spraying from one of those wells. It'll fill my 1600 gal tank in a half hour while supplying water for 4000 head of hogs at the same time. Jim

Don-Wi · Jun 10, 2011

I was told that my well was 50 ft. deep when we bought the house. The well on my parents farm about 10-13 miles away is around 300 ft. deep.

Water tastes ok, but I don't drink it often. Prefer milk most of the time.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Richard from SE AZ · Jun 10, 2011

Our well here in SE AZ(15 miles from the Horseshoe 2 fire) Is 350'. Real good water. slightly hard. Never had a problem but with this extended drought, I have been concerned lately.While watering my yard and garden my hoses spit air ocassionaly. Don't know if it is a water problem, pump problem or pressure tank problem buy it sure has me worried.

ericlb · Jun 10, 2011

when i was young, i worked for a man here that had a hand dug well with good water it was 20 feet deep, now after the real estate developers ' discovered the place" 30 years ago, [ we always knew we were here], there drilling 400 foot dry holes, due to over development, over use and poor planning, or none at all

big jt · Jun 10, 2011

I think 150 or 180 feet, hard as a rock and only 3
gallon a minute capacity. That is in NW Ia. I am
only 15 miles from fixerupper but a completely
different soil association.

jt

tjdub · Jun 10, 2011

No idea on mine. It's artesian and anyone who was around back when they were drilled it is long since dead, I'm afraid.

Bob from Australia · Jun 11, 2011

The water on my farm comes from the 'great artesian basin'
which is under about half of the eastern third of Australia. The
bore is over 3000 feet deep and about 30 farmers around me
contributed to the drilling cost.

The water rises naturally to the bore head, temperature about
120 degrees F. It is distributed to all the farmers in a water trust
by 2 inch polypipe assisted by several small pumps in the
network. We use the water for domestic purposes and stock; it is
too saline for irrigation but is drinkable if necessary.

Before we got the polypipe system water was distributed in open
drains and 90 percent was lost in evapouration.

Pitch · Jun 11, 2011

My well is 70 ft. static head about 6 ft. When ever we have a major rain (2 to 3") it will overflow and run like an artesian starting about a week after the storm.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 11, 2011

Ranch/Well is located in East Texas, 110 miles south and East of Dallas. We sit on top of two aquifers, one at 350 feet, the Queen Ann then the Wilcox at 550-650 feet. Two years ago we drilled a 650 foot well, pump sits at 350 feet, well provides 75 gallon per minute. Cost of the well/pump was similar to a new car/truck.

Hay_Man · Jun 11, 2011

Hi Rich,
Its the Queen City Aquafer. Queen Ann Aquafer is not in Texas. Maryland I think......

showcrop · Jun 11, 2011

They went down 330 for ours, but the water came up to 80. Two weeks later the same company went down about 450 for my neighbor, took almost his last cent. A month later he hit mega bucks for 52 million so he was able to restock his savings account.

buickanddeere · Jun 11, 2011

5" casing, 3/4 HP submersible pump. Water comes to within 21ft of the surface. Would have been artisan if drilled in lowest corner of property. Can pump 15+ gpm 15hrs straight and water level in well drops less than 12". Height recovers in seconds when pump shuts off.
Well was drilled by cheap previous owner and is rumoured to be either 65ft or 165ft instead of 300+ft like the neighbours.
Neighbours have water that is much harder and lower in the well.
Suspect this well is only down to the bedrock or barely into it. And spring fed from a glacial gravel aquifer 10-20ft deep between the bedrock and clay over burden. Water runs underground from anywhere west of the Niagara Escarpment west towards lake Huron.

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