Dug Well-Buying Concern

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Originally Posted by MAXUM

I think the whole idea of a dug well is fine provided the source of water is that good and more importantly reliable. I'd personally not necessarily shy away from one, but I'd have plan b in my back pocket if I had problems, which would be drilling a well. That of course assumes a well can be successfully drilled too.

My plan B would be to drill a well if we had to, but I'm wondering how would we know that a well can't be successfully drilled on a property? Is there something that we would test for before hand?