[Cob] RE: cobbing in CT.

[Amanda Peck]

Around here 150-200 feet is pretty normal for a drilled well.  Even if there 
are good (never failed) springs on the property.  And everyone knows 
somebody who got tired of paying the driller by the foot after three holes 
with no water.  Some people just sell their land.  The guy I know decided 
that his spring was wonderful, especially since it was UPHILL from his 
HOUSE.  (I just brought a couple of jugs UPHILL from my SPRING to the 
trailer, so I'm jealous.)  I don't know how FAR up his spring is, but a bit 
over 40 feet and he would have pretty decent water pressure, other people 
just use ovesized plumbing to get decent flow, but they cannot use a demand 
water heater unless they've got a pressure pump.  Mind you, a simple setup 
with 110 v electricity isn't particularly expensive.

Near neighbors have wells in the country here.  Surely several share the 
vein/aquifer.  Wouldn't they just have slightly reduced flows?

But fear of dry wells has colored my attitude towards water and building.

Certainly if you're building a cob house, collecting rainwater one way or 
another would be a good way to get water to cob--even a tarp hung in 
trapezoidal fashion on four poles--top two poles well set and braced and 
holding the tarp tight, lower two a little closer together so you can head 
the water into a tank.  And keep the tank covered against MICE!.

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Mary Lou wrote:
In response to your situation with drilling your well.....did the driller 
mention to you that if he taps in to your folks water vein that either you 
or they will lose good water supply?, especially if you are closely located. 
  Why 300 ft deep?  Granted, I'm located in the midwest  and generally we 
aren't very rocky but 300 ft. just seems awfully deep.  My parents lived on 
an acreage that had a well in the 25 to 50 ft range.  In August when it was 
hot and dry laundry was done in town.  Re-fill was very quick and we were 
never out of drinking or general use water.  With a shallow well you have to 
be concerned about contaminants such as agricultural run off, which 
generally isn't a concern unless you are in close proximity to a worked 
field.  If you could do a shallow well check out  Lehman's web site.  They 
specialize in serving the Amish community and if memory serves me correctly 
they sell stuff for shallow wells...all the way from drilling to topping it 
off with a pump.  We recently had to fill in a cistern because of the town 
code and safety issues.  If we had a cistern in the country, I would have 
hung onto it.  The cistern water could have been used for everything but 
consumption.  Here we have a grocery store with a water re-filling station 
and if we provide our own jugs, you can get filtered drinking water for 
39cents a gallon.  Perhaps the cistern or shallow well could keep your 
project on budget for now and the deep well could come later.



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