</font><font color="blue" class="small">( <font color="blue"> Hi Jim,
My prayers go without saying!!! Just curious what some of the other wells in the area are like?
Your in our thoughts and prayers, may the food project go on!
scotty </font> )</font>
gpm=gallons per minute
First of all the total for the drilling was $9 per foot X 606 = $5,454.00 plus a pump now that will handle 60 gpm.
Most wells around here range from 2 gpm to 30 gpm.
A 60 gpm well is very rare in this area. Just goes to show you prayers are answered.
The first 75 feet was down to rock. The other 531 feet was thru rock. They hit four veins of water. First was 2 gpm - the second made it 15 gpm - the third made it 30 gpm - and the fourth made it a total of 60 gpm.
This will definately help make the Food Project go on even in a drought. We are already 8 inches shy of out normal rainfall this year. The well will be very helpful I'm sure. Around here the drought does not effect a drilled well like it does a bored well.
Thanks again to everyone that has helped make this possible. I will continue to work hard to make this project a continued success.
Now... after the pump is installed... we will be installing the irrigation system. We will be able to have an over head system with this great amount of water supply (60 gpm). This means I won't have to put down soaker hoses and take them up twice every year to plow or Replace soaker hoses every year as they need replacing each year. The sprinkler head boxes will be set below freeze line with capabilities of a quick disconnect so as not to have damage from freezing the sprinkler heads. I will give more details as the irrigation system is designed to our water supply of 60 gpm.
Again.. I will post pictures of todays drill sometime tomorrow. It has been a long day. It started at 5 am and I am ready to get my shower and get some sleep here at 10:34 pm - EST /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
This has been a very educating adventure for me. It's the first time I ever had a well drilled.
Cya soon.
Jim
