Yep.. We have to haul water every 7-10 days or so.. Summer or winter..
We had a well when I was a kid.. and I believe the mid 90's is when most everyone in the township started having well problems (local stone quarries were blamed, but was never officially proved)..
I must have been 12-13 when we had a new well drilled, it lasted almost 2 years, but the water was horrible with sulfur and iron.. Most people put in burial vaults to hold water.. Now the county health dept. says no more burying tanks.. So my house (put up after the new regs) has a 1500 gal poly tank in a small shed just behind the house.
We're pretty lucky.. only about 4 miles to the water station.. Dad or I haul for My uncle, myself, and my dad.. Most weeks we'll haul 3000 gallons (or 3 loads.. Dad bought a brand new "nurse tank" trailer like the co-ops rent out for liquid fertilizers in about 1998).. and since i know it'll get asked, a load of water is between $8.50 and $10.00, depending on the day of the week, time of the day.. Usually pressure is highest about 5 to 6 am (or so dad says.. I just put the money in the slot and go.. got to have water whether it costs a dollar or 20, right? ), and the higher the pressure, the more gallons for the money..
The only person I know that still has a actual drilled well around here anymore is my grandpa and grandma, and you can smell the sulfur when ya walk in, and look at grandma's dish towels, kitchen sink, washing machine drum (you get the picture..) and you can see the signs of the iron.
Hard to believe something so simple can make such a long post.
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