Posted by John T on April 21, 2012 at 10:18:08 from (216.249.82.117):
In Reply to: Well water question posted by JayinNY on April 21, 2012 at 09:29:12:
My well (about 80 years old Im told) is only 18 feet deep and 6 ft in diameter with hand laid (no mortar) sandstone walls and if you wait 30 to 60 minutes after a big rain and look down inside you see and hear water trickling in.
When all 3 kids were at home and teenagers in August when it got real dry we would run out and the water man came and dumped 2000 gallons in it which got us by as it rained in September. Since the kids have all left we dont run out anymore.
HOWEVER THATS A SHALLOW SURFACE DRAINAGE WELL NOT A 100 TO 200 FEET DRILLED WELL
Is your sisters a shallow surface well or a deep drilled?? If its like mine I tend to believe what she was told but if its a 200 feet drilled well?????????
PS I NEVER had mine tested, feared the county would ban it and put us all in jail, but the old man who lived on the farm before lived a long life and us and our 3 kids are all healthy with no kidney or kidney stone or any health problems..
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