The following is a selection of the most commonly asked questions we receive from our customers.
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Estimates vary, but typically, each person uses between 75 and 100 gallons of water per day. The largest use of household water is to flush toilets, take showers and draw baths. During the summer months, demand may increase with outside recreation, washing cars, etc.
Each State and local government has protective zoning laws regarding your well, and its relation to other features on your property such as culverts, septic systems, and property lines. These could be requirements or recommendations... depending on local regulations. Other considerations might be exposure to pollutants, or areas where animals might be kept. The well should always remain accessible to a drill team, in the event that any repairs need to be made down the road.
A common source of drinking water for homes in New England is a drilled bedrock well. The typical bedrock well is six inches in diameter, one hundred to five hundred or more feet deep, with a yield of less than 10 GPM. Bedrock wells generally have a steel casing, set into bedrock. A pump is placed in the well at a depth with sufficient quantities of water to handle your household needs.
This refers to a water well that is free flowing at the ground surface due to natural pressure in an aquifer, usually a confined aquifer, which causes the water level in a well to be above the ground surface.
*Not all bedrock water wells are "artesian wells". Only wells in which water flows to the surface under natural conditions are referred to as artesian wells.
Water stored in aquifers, which comes from rain and melted snow that has seeped through the soil to rock formations below.
Water stored in aquifers, which comes from rain and melted snow that has seeped through the soil to rock formations below.
"GPM" or Gallons Per Minute... refers to the unit of measurement used to describe the yield of your water well.
