All about wells ..Where to DRILL or locate your well.
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Some things to think about when developing or improving a property in regards to well location. Consult your local hydro geologist, and spend some time determining the best place to drill a well. There are trade offs of course.. but keep in mind, static water level, recovery rate, amount of wire , security, etc.
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As a driller for half my lifetime I can say with certainty that surface topography has no effect in finding potable water. Underground geology does not follow surface topography period. They are basically 3 methods of finding good water and all have some risk. The best but most costly is to hire a ground sonar crew very expensive but if there is water they can tell exactly where. The second is just picking spot where is best for your purposes and trusting luck you hit water as water sands are more wide spread than most think. The 3rd way is dousing and yes it does work but it depends on who is doing it. Not everyone can douse for water for most it just don't work for them. However they are those who it does work for but be aware they are lot of so called dousing that are scam artists or fake. Those who use gadgets like wire or pendulum devices I have found not to be any better than just taking your chance on luck. Those who I have over years found to be gifted always seem to use a forked fruit tree limb. As for this video the only water you would find with the topography method is surface water and surface water in most cases isn't considered as safe potable water.
whats the chance for me to find Water in my back yard in the Santa Monica Mountain area, California?
@@myricegirl I am not familiar with the geology in California I am in the eastern mountains of WV. So I can't with certainty say without seeing it. The one thing I do know your area is suffering extreme drought and has had a huge effect on water tables across the state. That said it should be possible if you have the financial ability to find deeper aquifers. I would definitely go the route of hiring a Company that does underground sonar that can detect deep water before drilling. Deep drilling is costly and you don't want to take risk not having at least some idea what is there before you spend that much. If any water is there ground sonar/radar can find it with pretty good accuracy.
any such Sonar can be found ie Etsy etc?
I just asked a friend in Sunland who actually drilled a well, he has plenty of water,
and he told me even the dry riverbed out front of his property has a torrent of underground river just 32 ft beneath, thats encourageing .
@@myricegirl yeah but one must be careful surface water often must be treated to be potable. Water passing through a river bed of gravel is still surface water and has contamination. To get potable clean water in most cases comes from below bedrock level. To get to it a well is drilled with casing ran to point below any surface water and grouted to seal well then drilled down to a clean aquifer or water sand. Of course surface water can be used with a approved treatment system.
Your post is loaded with bad info, especially the magic dousing horseshit.
Excellent point. I would put the well location as priority and adjust where the septic would have to go.
Where I live in Australia all wells and bores drilled for a hundred years are logged so you can access this info a great service free
You can also dig a while using a PVC pipe with the solid brass power nozzle for a garden hose on one end and a threaded end on the opposite side for your water hose and this will work really well just something to think about it's also good for loosening up the Soil Breaking rocks loose getting through mud cetera
Usually they were dug by hand, with shovels, buckets and whatever else they had. Windmills came along and made access to deeper water easier as they also developed drilling technology. This was sometimes also accomplished by hand. Those same tools are still available in modern form today made from stronger materials. As far as a video, There was a episode of Bonanza where the oldest brother helped a guy dig a deep well to reach water for many ranchers.
No doubt. I will do more on rain catchment in a different series. I have designed my rain harvesting system but no time or funds to do it right now.
in my own experience having worked for Lake Valley Well in eastwrn North Carolina, it is the health department who pinpoints the spot where the well will be drilled... by norm it should be at least 50ft from the house on either direction and also this way it frees from liability to the driller as well as the property owner whether water is found or not and how deep the well will be because, as youknow, this is the most important factor...
Yes, with the warm winter it is greener here a few week earlier.
My grandfather used dowsing rods to find his two well locations and dug them by hand with a shovel and bucket. I am glad in this age of science we know that dowsing is grade a bs.
Exactly- I am a female but my grand daddy showed me when I was just a little girl back in the 80s ; I just showed my old man who was in the military 17 years and been all around the world but was clueless to it- I felt smart for a min, it was cool that my little simply southern self knew something useful to share
One day you may have to demonstrate, you never know.
Thanks for the video series. So far your experience aligns with mine. I did use a dowser and could not be more happy with the result - well maybe if he struck gold too... I interviewed a number of Well Drillers and went with my gut feeling - not the flashiest guy or the one that made the big promises. The humble guy that offered advice freely and was experienced. That expertise was worth every penny and the value it added to my property is beyond measure in dollars.
That's me brother! I spend $2,000 and drilled 330 feet only to find nothing. The driller had no idea where to drill. I'm back to square one. Problem, I live on top of a hill and water is a long way down and I have limited access to areas where the rig will fit. Perfect timing, I will try again with better information.
Glad that you managed to get to some solid info... in the LAST 30 SECONDS of an 11 minute video.
Thanks
12 yrs later we still eating off this video. Some things are timeless. Thanks again
50 years ago we had 130 acres in southeastern Arizona and my husband used a wire hanger and witched it and it worked. However the water was very salty but usable
Can you tell me any more? Very interested.
@@NobodyCaresALot yes, he had two wire coat hangers that he had unbent to a right angle
Then he held one in each hand pointed down
He started walking towards growth
After a few minutes the hangers (pointed downwards)crossed , in fact they absolutely crossed each other
That is where he hired a driller to drill
They did hit water .I do not remember how deep.i am guessing 20 feet,
The pressure was good but water very salty and unusable
The neighbor, about a mile away, directly south of us came running over because his pressure had dropped considerably and he was very unhappy
We did not use the well anyway because of the saltiness
But seeing the two hangers swing quickly and cross each other was amazing to me. Anyway my husband hauled water until.he had a stroke
After that, very unfortunately, I sold the property and moved to the city two hours away
Now, thirty years later. A mine was found north of town water was piped from town through our former property (which was south of town) my daughter looked up the property on google and owners south of the property are selling their properties at one hundred thousand dollars an acre
Each parcel could be divided upto three ways, including your own, so evidently the parcels had been divided many many times
I would have had to sell it shortly after water was brought in because the real estate taxes were already getting steep, but we would have certainly sold it for more money
@@diankreczmer6595 what a great comment! Thanks a lot. I'm sorry to hear about your husband. Probably wise to move but definitely one of those crazy situations.
Do you have a vid of how the old timers did there wells? Becuase I'm sure drills were not always around to do wells back than.
shovels and buckets
Ya, nobody talks about that stuff anymore because it’s supposedly not safe water. But a gazillion years of peoples have done dug wells cuz the extraterrestrial friends of the Egyptians didn’t come back
Water tends to follow the topography. Lower does not always mean the best place to drill.
Thank you for sharing this. Great intro and overview to help direct efforts effectively.
mine is at 13' right now in July 2023 drought conditions, using a pitcher pump
You lost me when you didn't actually do or show me anything.
LOL ... that made me laugh.
+Larry Bradford Hahaha!
Engineer for ya
How far from a river should you drill?
Would have liked a demonstration of the tools/equipment to locate your underground water sources. I imagine its similar to locating underground wires or pipes with a transmitter/receiver. The geologist i believe use geo-phones and other ultrasound/mechanical wave technologies similar to finding oil , gas , and other natural resources. But i haven't seen a good demonstration of this yet for any natural resources that lets me understand how to truly read the device and do the location. It be cool if one could do his own water locating from a hand held device just to double check options that the drillers are going to do.
Totally cool with most wire/pipe finding equipment as the demonstrations where really good. But for natural resources like water , oil , gas ,mineral ores/rocks i just haven't understood anything on the exact equipment. Sure i know the theory of how its mostly done but like to know how to operate the equipment correctly.
A static water level of 30 feet? Sounds like you are on an island in Lake Michigan. Dousing would work well where you live. Flipping a coin would be even better.
I have tasted some water from a spring in wis that was so good....I have nvr tasted better water ever! If I had to discribe it......Clean sweet
My grandparents had a cottage up in Canada a d thier water was just like that.
Evey time we went the first thing we did was drink 3-4 glasses of water.
I have a brand new and first submersible pump and first well casing for my small residential property. 14 months later I'm told I have a broken wire and the contractor, who installed, this new system only 14 months ago, wants to excavate and charge me a second time.. Should he be able to put in a new wire WITHOUT excavating a second time?
My property (30+ acres in VT) has a portion which is at the lower half of a "hill" where I have a small creek, that more often than not "trickles" in dry weather, sometimes dries up (When there is snow/water runoff from the top of the "hill, the creek is active); My question is: Is it a good place to dig where the water 'pools' or where its moist, when the rest of the creek is dry, during the 'dry' spells? I'm planning on digging (by hand) a pitcher's pump type of drill. Your videos are great
Great video! Wish you were closer... I could really use your help!
Nice job. You're a good speaker. Good posting.
I would like to hear your opinion on dousing. I have recently been introduced to it and have started using the technique for picking different foods since I have alot of food sensitivities. I have seen quite a few instances now where dousing has been effective. However I am still not totally convinced that dousing can do everything people claim it to be able to do.
If you drill deeper, is the quality of water better? We have very hard water and have ours drilled at 150 feet only and want to improve the quality of the water that we are getting. We have already gotten a water softener system but water is still hard.
Pastor, I am not a fundamentalist, but I believe "dousing" is divining. It calls upon "outside powers" prohibited by the Scriptures.
My dad was a 30 year well driller. Somebody wanted dousing, he'd say have it done, THEN call me...
The well at his home is 375 ft . Hit clear water at 95 ft., static water level rose to 55 ft in the casing. (20 mi. from you.)
His drilling rig required 1500 gal/day(trucked in to the drill site.) Needed a deeper well for more water supply.
the people at the water company here use dousing rods to locate underground pipes
Good info thanks! How can I find out the water table under my property?
Do you need a permission or license From your state/ commnity to install /maintain /keep a well on your property? How is the legal situation at your place?thanks for your time and have a nice day.
Never heard of such a thing anywhere in the states.
Many states/counties require a well permit. Check with your local building permit office, they will tell you if you do or not need a well permit. If you live in an area that requires a permit and they find out you drilled a well without one, they could make you retroactively permit it (if they are nice about it) or make you abandon and seal it (and you could further be subject to additional penalties and/or fines).
I believe you need many permits in some places. In Oregon, you can't start anything until you get a permit and a septic installed on rural land.
With I knew before buying it! Lol..
Dagobert1234 The State of Washington requires a drilling and use permit....You see the State claims they own all water and mineral right and they :Allow" you to pump 5,000 gal a day for residential use..
Thank you. I'm torn but I'll pick dousing.
Wish i could find someone like you in my neck of the woods! Im inheriting 5 acres that i plan on building an earth bag home on in the early spring!! The land already has 2 wells, but haven't been used in over 20 years and man to they look gross inside! there is also a spring id like to tap into if possible... your info is helpful! if you're every around feel free to stop on by!!! lol
I have a spring in a ravine/gully. My house is about 200 ft up the mountain, and about 150 feet away. As I understand it, one gets a better recovery rate (better flow) the closer they put the drill in the fractures in that wash/gully, and then I just pump it over to my house?? I would of course like as much recovery as possible, and wouldnt mind a farther pump or wire. Is my understanding correct?
I can't have a well dug on my property as I'm in the city, nor could I afford it, BUT I have an inground swimming pool which was vandalized (pool liner cut) and it's just sat there for about 4 yrs, my town was built on a quicksand bed, and when my pool was constructed, they hit it at 8 feet and had to back fill it to 6 feet or they wouldn't guarantee the bottom wouldn't fall out, my question is: Could I bust thru the pvc pipe drain at the bottom and put a hand pump somehow, if so r they costly
What about if you live in a less rural area, how about rain barrels. Better then nothing.
there is a water table beneath the quicksand, but if it can be done cheaply would it be safe to drink if not how could I make it that way?
Hey did you ever do the dowsing video? can't find it but would be very interested to see it.
Now that would be awesome. I have panned for gold in it to no avail!
I vote for water dousing next.
I use dowsing for finding water on my 30 acres... I have yet to not find water when I use my rods... people are kinda surprised when they see me work. with the rods... I have sandy soil so we have several shallow wells for watering our large gardens....
That's because the water table is available anywhere on your property. Water doesn't flow around in tubes underground. Just about anywhere you dig or drill, there will be water.
where did you find the TOPO MAP??
www.mytopo.com/maps/
I just bought 40 acres of forested land, near 2 lakes! Any thoughts about where to look to drill a well?-
If its in flatlander country, then drill anywhere
Ok dont laugh but im learning, im doing the whole build our own gig (homesteading kinda) is it important to build a well and out in septic first before you build or is it possible to do after build..Thank you
Typically you have to do a perk test for the septic to determine its location in order to pull a building permit but codes vary. You can install the septic system after you build. I like to now I have water so I drill first. You can even consider drilling the well and building your house around it or at least have it in your basement for example. This protects it from freezing and no one can tamper with it. And its pretty cool to go to the basement in a power outage and be able to draw water from the well with a handpump.
I vote for drilling.
Hello Scott, thanks for the informative video. A technical question regarding building Wells on your property.
you have to dredge it probably until you get to bedrock... i dig for minerals and cut gems but i dont know much about gold...
Where to put my house. Barn and pastures?? I can tell this is an old video. I can’t find 1 acre under 100k
Ty
Saw some where a topo map with possible well locations do know of a site like that ...E-mailed the link you sent me ty
I need to win the loto and pay you to come and help me do this right!!!
I'd really be interested in the dowsing video, most especially learning how-to.
I have land near Savannah, TN. My next move is to put in a well. Are you in this area? Do you have any idea what a well costs there? Thanks, Chuck
Dousing works
Dowsing
love the vids an what you do great an thak you but you kill my brain to much thinkin oh lord a lot to eat at one time over whelmed god bless friend
Ok
dowsing or drilling? I vote the former.
Please make a dowsing video. Thank you
I am digging a shallow water well, but water is already coming up from the ground at just 5ft. When I bought the house a while back, the yard was muddy and I ended up installing a french drain, which improved the conditions, but ground was still wet all year around. I took a video of what is happening and I am hoping you can give me some advice. The issue that I am having, is the soil underneath keeps collapsing and not matter how much I dig... it fills back up with more soil. The other issue is that there is a vacuum or suction when I try to lift the dirt out. At the higher point of my property where I installed a fence, I was surprise to see water filling up the hole I dug to put in the fence post. Where is all this water coming from?
I am guessing this water that just about 5 ft. is bad water?
Here is the video: ua-cam.com/video/ghJALkDGZOA/v-deo.html
Use a pressure washer down the tube, there's a video of it. Just type drilling a well in Florida is how I found it
20 grand in my area. Water or not. eff that
Honestly lost or selling people wolf tickets anything above 18 ft you can't even count as water anyway the ground is a natural filter of course but there's also rivers and streams that run through the ground just like there is above and hydraulic pressure it could be above could be below could be beside the best thing that anybody listening can do is pull up their neighboring well logs it's all public information on water resources and see what they are producing and the depths this is a silly conversation and video
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800 FOOT WELL 8K BILL NO WATER GRRRR
That is beyond discouraging. I have a friend who driller 3 800 ft wells and has 2 dry holes and one that isn't very good.
How do I get a top0map?
Lisa & Bobby Stamey find water first! www.digwellwaterlocation.com
Lisa & Bobby Stamey Topographical Maps ? Search online for State or local sources. I Never go hiking, camping or hunting w/o them. They often are available in different scale sizes, I get the Larger Scaled maps when possible.
dowsing is BS
Rich Santoro You're full of shit.
Rich Santoro "I do not lie, ever." lmao! Now I KNOW you are full of shit.
+Sam Young Dowsing is bullshit.
my well was dowsed 20 years ago by a friend . he followed 3 under ground springs to the point where they came together and told me they were 27 feet deep . i used an excavator to dig it down . sure enough it was just like he said
Jorge D Martinez Mayol Hey, Dowser Dave here, you need a smackdown. 💪 👊🏻
I would argue with you about seeking a low lying areasl. In the 1970s we drilled 6 wells, 1 was 1800 ft. My parents were preppers but in reality they were just farmers. We drilled wells at the tops of hills and in low areas. The low area wells became "Sour" very quickly, and the higher wells are still in use (but one which was capped). Our well driller of choice explained that water follows the rock line, and that altitiude is not bad, after all there are springs on the tops of mountains.
you can pull water from a 90' water level with a hand pump. its called a Sucker Rod Pump or Bison pump. pretty much just like pumping a pitcher pump but submerged below the 90' water level.
Very informative here. My grandfather was from the Highlands of Scotland. Here in N.S Canada he dug wells and lined them with rock for a living.
He located wells by using a divining rod. Since he did this his entire life for a living. He was good at it. The locals called these people water witches.
As someone who is familiar with different methods on how to find water it is not advisable for the public or someone with no experience to even think of looking at geological maps or the lay of the land to find water. I use the dowsing method which is about 90% successful and considering the drilling costs you do not want to create costs which waste money drilling holes everywhere. Finding water is not for the person who does not know what they are doing . Geological maps are not always accurate, they can be good if the area has had extensive mining otherwise they are normally created by geology students doing a study paper of an area as part of their course.Dowsing takes years of practice and there is nothing mystical about it . There are a lot of DIY things that people can do this is not one of them ,given the costs involved. My colleague who taught me the skills has done over 2,000 bore holes with over 92% success rate , so very experienced and a geologist and has worked all over the world although mostly in the Uk. He also does boreholes for irrigation, leisure centres ,golf courses which all require much larger amounts of water than for domestic use.
Wow 9years and this video is still packed with useful knowledge. Thank you
Security at a well site can be as little as a fence or small building to cover the well head. It can also be as much as a lock and key reinforced building to protect the well head from people who wish to damage equipment or make the well unusable in some way. The threat can come from people, animals and even the environment if debris gets washed down into the well, It can get contaminated. A simple locked cap can prevent alot of those problems.
And people will also need to consider if a well rig can get into the location, that can be a huge determining factor on well placement. Thanks for doing this series.
The best situation and the least expensive too me is a developed spring that is gravity fed to where you need it. That is hard to find. I like backups so having both a spring and a well is peace of mind though redundant. Having both for me also means I would have at least 2 different pumps thus more backups. Good question!
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Excellent information. Thanks for sharing. The only thing that I would add is that you must plan where your septic tank and drain field are going to be located if applicable. Usually, the county will require the well to be at least 75 to 100 feet away (more in some areas) from the septic system.
Thank you for for the kind feedback!
Water is sooo important especially when you live in the desert like my property in So. Utah.
We have a spring in the back of our property that runs out of the side of a mountain. Is this a good sign to put in a well? There is a ravine near where the water runs out, the water is slow, but with a little effort it can be flowing. The ravine runs down to our house which is a couple hundred yards.
I am just starting on research and have little knowledge about wells, I am determined to learn everything possible!
Felicia- You may be able to use a spring collection system and spring box . Please check these out @ PracticalPreppers.com. I also have many spring videos on my playlists.
When well was drilled there were maybe 4 wells within a square mile of this well. Since then, city water got run here. Subdivision developers "discovered" the area. Even so, I estimate 20 wells in the sq. mi. More users, less water.
Now, his lawn sprinkler system "pumps the well dry" in 90 minutes. Pump shuts down. 60 minute 'rest' and it pumps for 90 minutes again...
man i love this freaking gringo.. smart, hard working, and thinking ahead
trust me coming from a Mexican that means a lot... peace
Maybe he is a white Mexican? 😎
Good informative video.
I think the type of drilling rig you hire is also important.
For example, the “cable rig” or “pounder” is much more successful than a rotary rig. It takes longer, but can crack the rock open allowing water to flow in whereas a rotary can just bore on past or even seal off the water.
great- hope this is helping!
Here in Montana and I assume other places it is important to place a well outside the mixing zone (a long slightly fanned area down flow of the groundwater flow direction) of the drainfield so as not to contaminate the well. More than a very shallow well not for human use requires health dept approval and an engineer to sign off which requires them to do the work and go through the approval process for you. I have to put something very shallow (hoping to tap a spring) on my place and will be dowsing, wish me luck .. and thanks, binge watching to get all the good info.
any luck yet?
@@jksmountaindream Haven't been able to get up there for good yet, caring for my mother. Perhaps will start something this year.
@@valeriemckay7064 I understand... we moved my Mother last year closer to a care center and she passed away in December. The cabin build had been put on hold from that and some health issues with me.
@@jksmountaindream Best of luck to you and good health.
@@valeriemckay7064 thank you
We moved from Florida to the North Carolina mountains. We have a spring fed pond on our property. We never believed we'd have problems finding water. A local company drilled two wells (700 feet and 900 feet) without success and to the tune of $20,000. We ended up tapping into the pond to get water.
My husband passed away suddenly, and now I can't sell my house because finance companies won't accept it with the way the water is. To top it off, we haven't had any rain in months, and the pond is running dry. Any suggestions?
Christine Conroy .... There Are Whole Towns That Get Their Water From Natural Springs... There Is A Proper Way To Do It... You Just Have To Find Someone Who Knows How.
Good video here, but you left me quite confused ? maybe you can explain ?
You say you can hit a "static water level" at 30 ft. which will supply you water,
but then you say, that's within a well that's 200 ft down ?
My question is if you can hit drinkable usable water at 30 ft ( static level)
then why would you go thru all the expense of drilling 200 ft down. ?? Can
you elaborate if these are 2 different kinds of wells ?
You would think 1 static well at 30 ft should be sufficient.
Thanks for this video. We actually have two wells we think ON THIS FARM. bUT, DON'T KNOW HOW TO START THEM UP. sorry for the ca[s not intentional. One seems to be in the basement, a big blue thingy. and the other is out in the pasture, a big underground buldling with a big tank in it.. Just a board for a covering. Thanks for the video hope to see more.
I saw on your video you had a topo map with well possible Well locations I can't find that offered anywhere can you please tell me where you got that map at ty BOBBY
Any advice to those of us in Texas (and other places) that have to drill a couple hundred feet to get water on less than an acre of land?
Can I send you my top plan and pay you to give me some advice of where to drill? Located in Perkiomenville, PA
I've had my well for about 17 years. It is about 75 ft. away. Three months ago, my Mexican neighbors built a large 400 sq. Ft Storage building 29 ft. from my well head. Now, they look like they are trying to get to the line - approximately 15 foot from my water head. My local County bas no rules such as permits, codes. zoning, ordinances, inspection, or nothing. I'm stuck having to go get a Lawyer to protect my rights. They are also getting too close to my front yard.
You are a well of information. And i thank you for letting me get a cup of knowledge.
My water well is 450 ft. deep, pump is 420 ft.,and water is 273 ft. from the surface. What size submergible pump would you recommend???
+1 same question.
Depends on what youre tryimg to accomplish. Too many variables to discuss on UA-cam. Call your local pump guy amd ask questions
We used 10 HP submersible pump for in 500 feet depth and our bore is 800 feet depth and bore dia is 12" inch.
about a 3hp 25gpm submersible.... im in florida we drill 400'-450' four inch wells but water level avg. is 20-40' which will sustain a 3hp 65gpm with significant head pressure.
horsepower means nothing unless you know how much volume and head pressure you need!!!!!..... wake up
I just moved and the place I’m renting has well water and it smells so bad, we are trying to figure out where the well is located
I'm hoping to go to Cambodia to make some Wells in the villages any advice pls,I'm a plumber 30 years this 8s new to me
Not your lowest. Are you installing sewerage system. Remember the old saying about crap. Well up stream from crapper
How do I find a well on a property? I'm working on a property and need to shock the well to get rid of the smell of the water
Where is your company ..I'm in Toronto I need a well in Ontario north CANADA
I would like to cast a vote for dowsing, I and wanting to try to put in a shallow well for a hand pump. Keep up the good work.
I had worked at a power plant where I had access to copper about as thick as welding sticks. I used that to find water on my property, shallow, very smelly but used it for inside house and lawn. The old timers at the plant helped me with technique. Bend rod at one end so your hand can hold it, very lightly, walk slowly and when you get to an area the rods will start to cross over each other slowly at first, then all the way to where the rods are touching the opposite hand.
My Grandpa used to do it. He laid out my parents well that way & it is still going strong after 35 years. Wish I knew how to do it!