Water filter and lightening strike!!!!

[PineRidge]

Well Andy I learned from your supplied information that my well is 95 foot deep while my well casing is only 53 foot deep.

This just goes to prove the value of free information available at the TBN site. Thanks for teaching an old dog a few new tricks! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[SPIKER]

yep: that is a good link I looked up my well like 6 months back. I forget what depth it is , but not cased all way either, only so far. ohio listes county and orrigal owner/contractor ect. anyhow off to watch some TV.

SPIKER

 

[banjobj]

I have 170 ft. of casing (200 foot total depth of well). I guess I'll have to think about the lightening protection you suggest. I talked to my insurance adjuster and he said the pump installer had to sign an affitdavit stating lightening caused the damage. The original system was installed less than a month ago. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif I got the bill for the lightening damage $1100.00. /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[banjobj]

Thanks for the info.

 

[jinman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The steel casing only goes down until the ground is solid enough that it's not needed any more, like when they drill through rock that's solid enough that acts as its own casing. )</font>

I'm surprised that so many well casings are steel pipe. My well is about five years old and has a PVC casing. The pipe going down to the pump is also schedule 80 PVC. I watched the whole process, and I know the casing went down 380 feet and the pump sits at 360 feet. My well installer put pea gravel around the casing (almost two yards) and then poured cement in to seal around the casing to stop water from higher levels seeping into the main pool. The only metal going all the distance to the pump is the power cable.

I've never had a bit of trouble with my well (knock on wood) and lightning strikes are very common here. I guess I should just feel lucky. My water is also very good. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[skent]

The new well we put in at the farm two years ago went 130 feet with 50 feet of solid casing and 80 feet beyond that of a silt screen casing. Around here they call this a screened well. Once they got throught the rock at 50 feet, they hit loose gravel around 70 feet. Pleanty of water though. So they ended up putting in the silt screen casing and backfill with peagravel. Then they grout the upper casing. The screening added $2300 to the price of the well, but after paying for a 450 foot dry hole, I didn't want to take a chance. That was during the drought we had and they pumped at 20 GPM with no problem.

Attached are pics.

 

[skent]

pic of the site of the 450' dry hole. cost me $1950.00.

 

[skent]

Another view of the rig in operation. very loud!

 

[skent]

a wonderful sight! water !

 

[SPIKER]

I went and checked my well again, here is the info


Borehole Diameter: Depth to Bedrock: Total Depth: 70 ft.
Casing Diameter: 4 in. Casing Thickness: Casing Length: 27 ft.
Well Use: Screen Length: Date of Completion: 8/1/85
Aquifer Type: SHALE Driller's Name: FINLEY PUMP & DRILLING

pretty OLD, the casting is rusty enough to cause the water to have the yellow tint of rust, if it sets for a few days with out running the water down... I've bleached the well many times with little success...

if it is run regularly the rust is greatly diminished, anyone know of a way (besides pulling the caseing and putting in a PVC) one to stop the rust?

mine is only cased to 27' pretty shallow but the creek out back is probably THAT deep and there is water that runs out along the rock walls nearly constantly. very clear looking dripping into the creek bed. there is also about 6 springs on the 22 acres some of which are a PAIN as they are right where my tractor paths are and simply stay muddy year round or hold water for skitter pits. the crawdads LOVE the holes as do the frogs, sallimanders & toads. I can take a 4'x4' creek bottom and there will be 20 small crawdads in there 1~2" or less. none of the BIG 4+" ones I was used to as a kid but then the creek does stop running every now and again...


Mark M