Posted by Texasmark1 on October 20, 2014 at 05:59:53 from (172.243.93.14):
In Reply to: Water Quality posted by Traditional Farmer on October 20, 2014 at 05:08:17:
Down here we have a lot of surface storage especially around the metropolitan areas. Where I am we are on a FHA financed (initially) since paid off, deep well system. The sand that we use is the Woodbine which covers a large area of N. Central, TX. and is reliable for high volume use. In our area to get into it you have to go 1800' on the West side of the service area to 2000' on the East side. What's funny is that if you go a couple hundred miles to the East, as the sand continues it's downward slope, they drill and get oil from it.
The 2000' well on the East side (don't know the specs on the West), has enough hydrostatic pressure to force the water up to a depth of 400' in the well casing. The submersible well pump is set to 500'. Water is tested by the state and always get high marks. It is alkaline however, no iron and it causes some plumbing corrosion. But it is very soft, makes for a nice bath.
Individual wells that were prevalent before the system arrived were under 300' and usually seasonal. Cisterns from roof guttering was common. Gotta remember this was back in the days of a ringer washer, no indoor plumbing, a bath consisted of 55* well water in a #10 wash tub, the ice man came by and put a cube or two in your "ice box" (refrigerator for those that weren't here at the time) and so on.
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