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210' deep well! Please share your deep well experiences!

housebuilding126

7 years ago

They estimated that our well would be around 100-150' deep (based on other wells in the area). Well, after 2 days of drilling, they finally got into bed rock and a good flow of water. They say the water quality will be fine, but I am worried about lots of minerals in the water ("hardness"), as well as radium, arsenic, radon, etc. Anyone have any experience? We are in the midwest. Thank you!

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Sunny Days

7 years ago

HA! Deep... Ours hit 630' and I don't know that I'll even have it tested.

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jaimeeap
7 years ago
210' doesn't read "deep" to me. I think it's pretty average and less likely to dry up. You can test for all those things you are concerned with.
DLM2000-GW
7 years ago
I'll see your 210' and raise you 780' !!! Yup, 780' for our well. Haven't had the water tested yet, still building but no one around us has issues. That's no guarantee I realize, but at this point I can't get wound up over it - too many other things to fret about.
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7 years ago
200' is just scratching the surface. DLM is getting closer.

Check with your local health department on getting the water tested and then you can make some decisions about filtration and softening. I'd do this as soon as possible to make any plumbing additions you may need.
Annette Holbrook(z7a)
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housebuilding126
Original Author
7 years ago
Oh wow! You guys are all making me feel better! 210' is actually very deep for Michigan from what I have heard. They are in rock where they are at now. Many of the homes around us have a lot of iron in their water. When the well driller was drilling ours, he said their was a ton of iron in the clay/sand going down to the rock. I am hoping being in the rock might help avoid some of that iron.

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