Cistern

Soundguy · Feb 25, 2003

I've worked with a few concrete mixes with various additives for strength and/or water barier properties.

As for settling, if the bottom is fixed.. ie rock, that eliminates that problem.. that just leaves the sides.

If it were me.. I would use a square tank with a liner.. though a round tank is going to have less stresspoints ( more cost ).

The liner will be slightly more forgiving than a waterproof coating.

Either is doable though.. people use it all the time.

in a related issue

We just worked up a spring box for one of our estimators who is building a home in georgia. Luckilly he had a spring on his side of the mountain, while his neighbor has drilled 2000 ft with no water. In the end the other guy just decided to tap off the spring box and help for costs etc.

Soundguy

Anonymous Poster · Feb 25, 2003

2000' /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif,what kind of pump would he have used to get water out at 2000' if he had hit water. /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gifDid he hit oil or gas that deep? I have a water well at 509'(hit water at 435'--- 74' pocket) and I thought that was deep.What did they charge for a 2000' dry hole?

kyoders · Feb 25, 2003

Let me guess: The same as a 2000' wet hole? /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

Kevin

Anonymous Poster · Feb 25, 2003

When my well was drilled...the agreement was if he drilled a dry hole...no water /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif he would only charge 1/2 the price of drilling that he would normally if he hit water. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Soundguy · Feb 26, 2003

( ) 2000' ,what kind of pump would he have used to get water out at 2000' if he had hit water. Did he hit oil or gas that deep? I have a water well at 509'(hit water at 435'--- 74' pocket) and I thought that was deep.What did they charge for a 2000' dry hole? ( )

I'm not sure on the pump or pumps he was planning on using.. ( perhaps charge or assist pumps... not sure ) But I'm glad I live on flat ground.. I wasn't pleased when my 140' well fell in the same day of drilling, and had to go another 100'.. and that was at 9 bucks a foot.

The gentleman in georgia pad ( if I rember correctly) 7 bucks a foot.. but they only charged him something like 5600 bucks for the um.. core sample they took. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

He ended up using a springbox with a bluelight kit for disenfection.

soundguy

Anonymous Poster · Feb 26, 2003

I have been fortunate with my well,it was drilled in 1987($5.00 ft) and we have NEVER had a shortage of water,I have watered cattle/my garden etc...it was a rotary outfit that drilled it,the well driller said there was a vane of sand about 400' deep that the water was in...he got in the sand a 435' and the sand was about 30' thick and that was where the water was. We have a Gould 1 1/4 h.p. submersible pump.

Soundguy · Feb 27, 2003

Wells are funny things... mine was originally around 140.. now 240.. but a guy oh.. about 10ac west of me has a 700' well... The guys drilling mine drilled his the year before and thought that they would never hit good water....

Glad I didn't pay his bill either....

Soundguy

Anonymous Poster · Feb 27, 2003

In 1975 when I was a teenager,the same guy who drilled my well drilled one about 3 miles away from me for a guy I knew and it was in a creek bottom,(I am on a ridge).It was after dark and they had lights up and was drilling on a summer evening and at about 60' they hit an artesian well,it was not a gusher the water just came to the surface and ran down through the hayfield,they did not use that well,they moved the rig about a 100 yards and drilled another well which they used. My understanding was the reason they did not use the artesian was it was difficult to set the pump etc.....?? At least that is what they said.And the water still comes out of the artesian and keeps a section in the hayfield wet today.
There have been a lot of dry holes drilled in this area and a lot of wells that were very marginal to say the least. I still see a lot of people hauling water tanks in there trucks,if you have a good water supply you are fortunate. I feel sorry for the ranchers/farmers who are suffering through a water shortage.