What is involved in drilling a water well?
If you are considering buying a property that is outside the city limits and/or outside a Water Control Improvement District, you will be relying on groundwater for you drinking and irrigation needs. It is therefore critical that groundwater be available to you. An experienced agent will know to ask for and supply to you existing well logs (evidence of the depth of the well and the average galloons per minute produced by the well) or secure you the right to drill a well to assure that water is available to you. Drilling the well itself is a rather simple process when handled by an experienced professional. The key to drilling is to make sure you place the well in a location that is near the ultimate point of demand, thus reducing any subsequent need to pump/pipe water at a later date. If you’re lucky the driller will drill where you want him to. Often they will have selected a site that presents them the best chance of hitting water but it may not be near where you want to build!
