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Still waiting for the call from the well drillers to finish the well that they have started.
At this point Ive got 2 holes in the ground approx 5 foot apart from one another. One approx 128 feet with a broken bit and 30 feet of drill rod down in it and the other 158 feet of casing and seemingly good water.
I had considered using the first well for something but people have warned me that I need to have the well sealed properly and abandoned in fear of contamination of my good well.
How should I expect them to seal this first well? Is it ok that they leave their equipment down in the hole, ( that is their plan ) Im concerned with all that steel contaminating my seemingly good well only a few feet away. The well with the broken equipment in it has approx 40 feet of water in it but as far as I know the casing is only sitting in sand.
I havent a way of testing its recovery rate since I do not have a pump to use at this point.
Secondly when they come out to finish the installation of the good well should they be disinfecting the well? Is that something I need to do? Is there anything else I should be expecting them to do?
Not sure why its taking this amount of time to finish this job, when I had a well put in on my other property it was all done all at the same time.
I also had to have the water tested on my other property years ago, the county guy came out, got a sample, tested it on the spot and said good to go, no mention of having this well tested by anyone.
I am in a different county but I would have thought it would still need testing?
Should I expect them to install a safety rope? If they dont should I insist?
They are gonna do the minimal Im sure cause thats whats done these days. I want to be sure that whats done is done as best as possible.
Thanks
At this point Ive got 2 holes in the ground approx 5 foot apart from one another. One approx 128 feet with a broken bit and 30 feet of drill rod down in it and the other 158 feet of casing and seemingly good water.
I had considered using the first well for something but people have warned me that I need to have the well sealed properly and abandoned in fear of contamination of my good well.
How should I expect them to seal this first well? Is it ok that they leave their equipment down in the hole, ( that is their plan ) Im concerned with all that steel contaminating my seemingly good well only a few feet away. The well with the broken equipment in it has approx 40 feet of water in it but as far as I know the casing is only sitting in sand.
I havent a way of testing its recovery rate since I do not have a pump to use at this point.
Secondly when they come out to finish the installation of the good well should they be disinfecting the well? Is that something I need to do? Is there anything else I should be expecting them to do?
Not sure why its taking this amount of time to finish this job, when I had a well put in on my other property it was all done all at the same time.
I also had to have the water tested on my other property years ago, the county guy came out, got a sample, tested it on the spot and said good to go, no mention of having this well tested by anyone.
I am in a different county but I would have thought it would still need testing?
Should I expect them to install a safety rope? If they dont should I insist?
They are gonna do the minimal Im sure cause thats whats done these days. I want to be sure that whats done is done as best as possible.
Thanks
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