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Subject: Re: Restore old well

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Date Posted: 05:45:13 04/22/09 Wed
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In reply to: Troy Duhe 's message, "Restore old well" on 20:17:33 04/21/09 Tue

>I purchase this property a few years ago and found
>where the old family home once was. I found the place
>where the old well once was also. There is a open
>hole with the casing still in it. The casing is a 8"
>terrycotter pipe. The well seems to be 55ft. deep and
>the water level seems to be only about 3ft. Is there
>any thing that you would recommend to do if I wanted
>to try something so I could use this well to water the
>garden? The water has a bad smell at this time. Is
>this well worth me trying to dig deeperin the same
>hole with a smaller pipe?

Unless I liked throwing money down a hole, I wouldn't mess with it. So many things wrong with this well that it wouldn't be worthwhile.

A bigger headache is how to abandon it properly. Somehow, you need to fill it up with concrete as per your state's rules and regulations. It is irresponsible to leave an unused well in place and in most states illegal. But that will be a lot of concrete.

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>>I purchase this property a few years ago and found >>where the old family home once was. I found the place >>where the old well once was also. There is a open >>hole with the casing still in it. The casing is a 8" >>terrycotter pipe. The well seems to be 55ft. deep and >>the water level seems to be only about 3ft. Is there >>any thing that you would recommend to do if I wanted >>to try something so I could use this well to water the >>garden? The water has a bad smell at this time. Is >>this well worth me trying to dig deeperin the same >>hole with a smaller pipe? > >Unless I liked throwing money down a hole, I wouldn't >mess with it. So many things wrong with this well that >it wouldn't be worthwhile. > >A bigger headache is how to abandon it properly. >Somehow, you need to fill it up with concrete as per >your state's rules and regulations. It is >irresponsible to leave an unused well in place and in >most states illegal. But that will be a lot of >concrete.

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