Fuck getting a "permit" -- I'm gonna drill a water well in my own backyard!

There are kits that you can buy to be able to drill the well and put in the proper casings.

I think that as long as you put in a handpump, it's still legal. At the very least, you can always claim it's an ornamental pump, they don't need to know it works.

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Just want it to water my grass. I assume I'll need to put a filter on it to keep the silt out so it doesn't clog the sprinkler system.

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are you going to use it for watering? Iv'e seen the video they tend to be low flow wells....good luck

Do you own the mineral rights? That is almost better than owning the property. You don't have to pay tax on mineral rights! You could spend you life digging holes on a property even if they took it away from you. You could dig a hole look for some mineral and not find it cover it up and dig another on and on for a life time!

Are you in city or 20 miles out of town?

Might if I ask how you intend to jack the pipe into the hole?

Or are you simply going to dig a conventional well with a cover?


If in town I would suggest you look out for power cables and sewage and all the rest of the crap that's 10 feet under all neighbourhoods.

Good luck.

wonder how many gallons it takes to water drill the average well?

my grandpa and I recently drilled a new well for his house, the old one he got ripped off and they put it down 90 feet for absolutely no reason other than it required iron filters and yearly maintenance.

So when it came time to pay dearly for the filters to be cleaned we said to hell with it and drilled a new well, new pump and all for the same price of the yearly maintenance.

Except we hit the water stream at 15 feet, took it to 20 just for good measure, but we live in a swampy area, pumps about 800 gallons an hour full capacity, enough to run the neighborhood ha. 120 ft? I don't know about that, might consider calling a professional.

And OP you'll need a pump, hand one for a 150 foot pipe is around 2400 for the piece. Copper is expensive and the demand isn't that high for hand pumps so few people make them.

Regular electrical pump worth more than two years in a well is around 900 (just replaced mine). But you would still need to buy the drop line which is around 700 bucks for 150 feet.

Depth = cost.

>wonder how many gallons it takes to water drill the average well?

One tanker full to get 220 feet which takes a day and about 120 gallons of fuel.

It's not cheap. And if you don't know what you are doing you will kill yourself, wreck the equipment or worse create a sinkhole on the property if completely unaware of the underlying geology of the area.

I did the same thing last year for my irrigation system. I had no permit either. Dug it by hand, hit water after 15ft went down 25 for the well. Bought a cheap pump from Harbor Freight and a tank from home depot. Works great although i wouldnt drink it!

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I already know where the pipes and electrical lines are from a previous search.

The plans I've seen use PVC pipe and water [link to www.drillyourownwell.com]

But there are other methods too, so I have no preference. For me, it's all about DIY and being CHEAP!

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I followed this guys parts list and watched all videos. It works well but make sure you listen to him carefully and when he says DO NOT stop, Keep going. It took me 3 attempts but after realizing what i was doing wrong it was a breeze. You cannot stop while doing this or the sand will harden like concrete around the drilling pipe.

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Only 15' deep??!

wow, you must be near the coast or a large body of water!

that shallow, and you could just about make a real old-fashioned
three-foot-wide well with stone masonry and a bucket!

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It was sandy water at 15, it was just the start of the water table. At 20 feet it was less sandy. And the old fashioned well is not what i wanted. I needed a cheaper way to water my new sod!

The guy in the video lives not far from me.

I live about 1/2 mile from a large creek. Average depth around here for a good quality well is approximately 25-35 ft however a 2 miles east of me they have to go 50-80 ft! At that point a shallow well pump will not work.

is there a site that tells you what type of soil rock you have in an area?

Nek Minnit DHS shows up on your front door and arrests you for illegal activities.

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also be careful of city owned aquifer rights that you may be drilling into. Do your homework before you go rouge. Not only could you be heavily fined by the city you could face federal EPA Fines and criminal charges.

you could also risk contaminating or even cross contaminating aquifers. and then you'd be in some real shit.

I use to work for a city water municipality and had my Well operator licences. There is alot more that goes into just drilling a hole in the ground to get water to take into consideration especially in a populated area.

Just say'n

What if he hits a gas pipe and blows the whole neighborhood to kingdom come??

well hopefully he has utility locates done prior also be sure to check that your not in any easements.

Easements are funny...

Like company power lines and things hanging over your property...

Does unintentional count? lol I actually witched the area found a clear spot away from everything intending to dig a pond out. I got about 10-15 feet down and up she came lol what a mess. Our water is not supposed to be that close there are aquifers all underneath where I am but apparently there was some kind of surface stream I hit and had enough water to supply myself and everyone of my neighbors had I been inclined to do it.

If you begin digging OP...you may never stop...if you catch my drift

yeah kinda like this....


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OP maybe you'll get lucky....


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