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found a well on my property how do i test it?
while mowing on my property found old coffee can pulled it up found a 3"pvc pipe used a plumb bob to test depth 75' water at 25' . how can i test to see if this is a usable well (water from pipe smells good,clear, taste fine.)
i am hoping to use this well to keep a few 100 gallons on hand for my horses i am tring to find out how to test to see how long it will run till it runs dry & then to recover hate to buy a pump just to test.
3 Answers
- thewrangler_swLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Your local county health department should have test kits for about $10... some places, the first test is free. Many building supply stores also carry a 'mail in' test kit.
Your state Department of Natural Resources may have the well on one of their maps.
75 feet is at the deep end of a 'shallow well'... you may actually have trouble supplying a whole household with just this well.
Our original well was about 60 feet deep we figure, and could not keep up with a family of 4.
We had a new one drilled to about 300 feet, using larger steel casing, and before we dropped the pump in, we had water level at just a few feet from the surface. We never have water problems now, hehehe.
Good Luck
- 1 decade ago
i would have a pro test it becuz my house has a well and the water tasted fine but when the well pump got replaced, the worker guy said it had bacteria in it and we had to get it reclorinated
srry i dont know of any other way...
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
Check with the board of health in your county. In some places private wells are outlawed.
