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Originally Posted by CateP
I'm not sure what you mean by the mortgage being a problem. What am I calling the bank about?
I thought there is a difference between a drilled well and an artesian well. I've never heard of a drilled artesian well.
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Cate
I bought my house 16 years ago and it has a dug well. Never heard of any mortgage lender having a problem with that. In fact I just refinanced and that certainly was never brought up in either financing situation.
I have had great water quality. In fact, my neighbor drilled a well next to my property and had very hard water with sulphur smells requiring a full water softening system. For the first 5 years I only had a sediment filter and the water was fantastic. It tested just fine. After about tens years I was noticing green staining in the sinks from the water. When I inquired it turned out that my water was acidic which was caused by salt runoff from a nearby highway. I had to install an acid nutreulizer which made the water harder and thus install a softner system as well. Works great but boy there is nothing like the quality of the water that came out of my dug well without any treatment. I have my Dads house and my sisters house in the same area with drilled wells and as is with most NH drilled wells, they need treatment to adjust for hardness/and or sulphur odors. Mt dad has also replaced his deep well pump 3 times because of lightening strikes at a substantial cost. I have a shallow well pump locate in my house that cost about the same as an above ground pool pump. I would consult a water expert to analyze the quality and the recovery rate. They could tell you what is appropriate. As for my dug well. I'm very happy I have one.
FWIW