Drilling an agricultural well

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Momma_Z

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Sep 7, 2020
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Hi there!

As we expand our micro homestead, we are looking into drilling a well but we are having trouble finding the water table depth for the correct water table! I am located in northwest Florida!

What are some tips or tricks, that you have come across in beginning to expand your homestead?
 
Momma_Z said:
Hi there!

As we expand our micro homestead, we are looking into drilling a well but we are having trouble finding the water table depth for the correct water table! I am located in northwest Florida!

What are some tips or tricks, that you have come across in beginning to expand your homestead?
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I am in Northwest Florida, it varies wildly. Before I had my well drilled, I pulled up the permits (they are online) for several dozen wells drilled "near-ish" me in the county - there was almost 100' of difference between some of the well depths.

https://nwfwater.com/permits/
 
Some of the well depth differences are because as wells age they will go a bit deeper each year. This is more true for munipical wells though. Generally a single family having their own well doesn't worry as much about that. But a city owned well, or managed by city, or a big farm, they are using a lot of water. So over time they might increase their depth as it ages. (This might mean when you go to install a new well, you might ask them about some extra depth, for future use to avoid having them come back 5 or 10 years later(?) Although that's my theoretical idea on this.)

So this doesn't mean that you have to go as deep as the next guy, or the other people in your area to hit water initially.

I found this out as I'm in the southwest, re: depths tend to increase over time as wells age as that happens here. A lot of places in the southwest use wells. And I'd found out that the city owned ones each year they have to go a bit deeper because of all of the usage.

Also, if you have a well its not a good idea to tell people in your area. Its happened where in many states, municipalities would take peoples wells if there's a water crisis. (This is not likely to happen in Florida. But some readers might not be in Florida.) The city I live in, which I won't say the name of for example, stole 3 wells that were owned by families in the area, and didn't pay for them. Although this is sort of a tight spot to be in, because in the southwest, you have to have water in the city, you can't not have water. So they would have had to take them, to keep the city going. But they should have paid for them, and had the money to do so. And paying for them could have been a bonus for the people that built it, with a maybe a bit extra to let them develop somewhere else instead.)

If water in your area ever gets contaminated, which can happen for many reasons, including sabotage), wells WILL be looked at by emergency personnel. And in that case you would want to share. But its still not a good idea to tell people about it in your area.
 

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