It might be called Earth Science, but well drilling is like gambling. If the well drillers hit water, all is well, well, well, but if they don’t hit water, you still pay for the casing per foot and the driller per foot. I have no idea where to find water on a piece of land. All you can do is pray.

Well, there is a thing called water dowsing. It’s a practice that uses a forked stick to locate underground water. The dowsers hold the rods in a position of unstable equilibrium, so that small movements are amplified into larger ones. As they walk slowly across the land, the tool will move when they pass over water, indicating where to dig or drill. 

These well drillers from Chattanooga, TN, didn’t do that. They just picked a spot where they could get their massive rig in between the trees and started drillinĝ.

It was a wierd sensation, but my feet felt the vibrations of the earth as the rotary drill rods went down and round while we waited, and waited and waited, 36 hours straight.

The bunkhouse well hit sand under high pressure and stopped at 220 feet, which makes a great filter, and it releases 12 gallons of water per minute.

Another site was drilled 300 feet, hitting groundwater at 1 gallon per minute. Based on our soil survey for the area being drilled, we decided to drill to 400 feet. It’s not a total wash,, but its a lot of money for 400 gallons of water per day which will replenish at night. The average four person house uses 300-400 gallons per day.  It works as long as you dont get a leak and run the well dry.

In comparison, the first-magnitude Manatee Spring in Florida releases an astounding 100 million gallons of water daily. How is that possible? 

Wells are a common storyline. People have been blessed with water since time began. Based on a measurement made in 1935, the total depth of Jacob’s Well was 41 meters (135 ft).

A fire hydrant of a well would have  been nice because there are always fires to put out around the farm.

“It is Well With My Soul”

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