Water well Drilling Expertise

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If you’re concerned about ground water contamination, the county health or OCC should be able to help you out.
Drilling is usually easy or almost impossible.
I think water quality is the realm of DEQ (Dep't of Environmental Quality) in Oklahoma. They do water well testing, and when they were talking about building a power plant that would be running gray water piping through the Garber-Wellington aquifer in Norman, part of their permitting process involved a hearing before DEQ.

FWIW, you'll want to talk to local water well drillers, as they'll know the land and geology, so they'll know location-based info like where there's no point in trying to sink a well. (I know someone in that boat--the most highly-recommended driller was the one who said he wouldn't waste the guy's time or money trying to sink a well, as he'd tried that area before, and they just couldn't get good enough results.)
 

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@Cowcatcher if that sells for $7200 bucks I think we need to go into business selling drilling rigs.
You're too late, it's sold!!! When are you and Cowcatcher opening up your shop?

You know, I have a curiosity about certain things and I'd like for someone to explain how this "machine" works to drill a well. Some are fairly cheap and I think other equipment has to be bought as well. Isn't there a mud pumper or something similar that one would need? If they're so great and easy to drill a well, why aren't more people buying these things?
 
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You're too late, it's sold!!! When are you and Cowcatcher opening up your shop?

You know, I have a curiosity about certain things and I'd like for someone to explain how this "machine" works to drill a well. Some are fairly cheap and I think other equipment has to be bought as well. Isn't there a mud pumper or something similar that one would need? If they're so great and easy to drill a well, why aren't more people buying these things?
Yes it’s sold. It’s being sent to a warehouse near ours and @blake711 is getting some bitcoin converted to Applebee’s gift cards to pay the seller.
 

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Shovel repairing and water drilling kinda go hand n hand.
My dad was telling me this morning about all the wells (one, it turns out) that he dug by hand in Jackson County back in the forties.Had an old man come out and witch it. Payed him fifty cent or so. Right there on North Fork. They dug till that water just come up.
 

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Back in the fifties, there was a drought and the city put in stringent measures regarding the use of water. This old biddy called the city on an elderly man because he was watering his lawn nd garden every day. It turns out that the old man had hand dug his own well in his yard and was using that water. This was in Okla City and I've always remembered it for some odd reason.
 

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I think water quality is the realm of DEQ (Dep't of Environmental Quality) in Oklahoma. They do water well testing, and when they were talking about building a power plant that would be running gray water piping through the Garber-Wellington aquifer in Norman, part of their permitting process involved a hearing before DEQ.

FWIW, you'll want to talk to local water well drillers, as they'll know the land and geology, so they'll know location-based info like where there's no point in trying to sink a well. (I know someone in that boat--the most highly-recommended driller was the one who said he wouldn't waste the guy's time or money trying to sink a well, as he'd tried that area before, and they just couldn't get good enough results.)
Yep, local knowledge trumps all.

Back in the fifties, there was a drought and the city put in stringent measures regarding the use of water. This old biddy called the city on an elderly man because he was watering his lawn nd garden every day. It turns out that the old man had hand dug his own well in his yard and was using that water. This was in Okla City and I've always remembered it for some odd reason.
We have the same thing here. Our water has been so poorly managed we were in drought conditions for about 5 years, a homeowner down the street from me has a well and was watering the yard, enough people complained to the city that the homeowner put up a sign.
Ps After the drought was over, the city drilled some wells now we just have crappy water, but we do have plenty of it.
 

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Dad and I put in 3 in the mid to early 80s.. He bought a small rig that had about a 5hp on it, since we had a machine and welding shop we built our drilling bits.. 5 foot sections of pipe made for a good but of drill time but it was usually smooth sailing.. Upon completion we usually ran the water 2-3 days for clear up and then had it tested.. The unit he bought I'd guess was around $1000-1500, wow something like it could be had today for about the same..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/182947326704

Edit to say this is more the unit dad purchased with water pump..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/331824548706
 
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These days when a well is drilled by a reputable well driller, they have to register the well with the state or county so they'll know where the wells are-why? I'm not sure but I figure one day they'll start taxis or charging a homeowner for the amount of water they pull. There was talk about putting a meter on wells some time back by the EPA I believe. My well is on the registry and I like some things to be private-I don't like monetary surprises unless it's in my favor.
That is another reason to drill your own well. Then they're going to figure out you don't get a water bill and start wondering why and start looking a little deeper and find you have a well. You can't win-ever.
 

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These days when a well is drilled by a reputable well driller, they have to register the well with the state or county so they'll know where the wells are-why? I'm not sure but I figure one day they'll start taxis or charging a homeowner for the amount of water they pull. There was talk about putting a meter on wells some time back by the EPA I believe. My well is on the registry and I like some things to be private-I don't like monetary surprises unless it's in my favor.
That is another reason to drill your own well. Then they're going to figure out you don't get a water bill and start wondering why and start looking a little deeper and find you have a well. You can't win-ever.

BITE your tongue, I so f***en hate taxes.. $177 on my tractor this year.. They'll tax me more when I put on a metal roof this coming year.. Why ?? Cuz the gov are f***** crooks..
 

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