Dug Well-Buying Concern

Slickcraft · 03-27-2011, 06:49 PM

We had lived in Danville, NH for 10 years in a nice house with a "spring fed" dug well. It never went dry but came very close once. On several occasions snow melt with heavy rain resulted in surface water getting into the well. This will likely (and did) result in some bacterial contamination. Most of the time we had very good water. Also a small center concrete cover could be lifted off so when the power was off a bucket & rope could bring water up.

Suggest a water quality test as well as a rate of recharge test. Also get a drilled well cost estimate so as to know what the down side might be.

03-27-2011, 06:49 PM	#2
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,296 Thanks: 1,222 Thanked 2,080 Times in 952 Posts	We had lived in Danville, NH for 10 years in a nice house with a "spring fed" dug well. It never went dry but came very close once. On several occasions snow melt with heavy rain resulted in surface water getting into the well. This will likely (and did) result in some bacterial contamination. Most of the time we had very good water. Also a small center concrete cover could be lifted off so when the power was off a bucket & rope could bring water up. Suggest a water quality test as well as a rate of recharge test. Also get a drilled well cost estimate so as to know what the down side might be.

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