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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 2589404" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>If your in Lawton then you can have the well but it has to have signage that states "non potable water" or something to that effect if it is well water to be legal. I know of a place that has a well near downtown that uses it for washing machines. Still best to contact the city to find the exact rules involved.</p><p></p><p>As far as reactivating you would likely have to get something to clean the pipe out as there is probably a bunch of rust and other junk in it as well as either rebuild the hand pump or get a modern pump and even then you may need to get it started again by fracking it. Not the same style they are using with the oil fields but not extremely different. Once the line is cleared the sediment will likely have plugged the well up so you get chunks of dry ice and drop them in, then cap the well and let it sit and build pressure. It is probably best to mention that you will want to cap with something of a plastic nature as at some point something will likely let loose and it would be better to blow a plastic pipe or cap off rather than burst the steel. And yes it's real you can look it up online and see video's on youtube. Just don't try and drink the water that first comes out of it. . .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 2589404, member: 29706"] If your in Lawton then you can have the well but it has to have signage that states "non potable water" or something to that effect if it is well water to be legal. I know of a place that has a well near downtown that uses it for washing machines. Still best to contact the city to find the exact rules involved. As far as reactivating you would likely have to get something to clean the pipe out as there is probably a bunch of rust and other junk in it as well as either rebuild the hand pump or get a modern pump and even then you may need to get it started again by fracking it. Not the same style they are using with the oil fields but not extremely different. Once the line is cleared the sediment will likely have plugged the well up so you get chunks of dry ice and drop them in, then cap the well and let it sit and build pressure. It is probably best to mention that you will want to cap with something of a plastic nature as at some point something will likely let loose and it would be better to blow a plastic pipe or cap off rather than burst the steel. And yes it's real you can look it up online and see video's on youtube. Just don't try and drink the water that first comes out of it. . . [/QUOTE]
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