I am a water well driller from Karragullen, a small fruit growing district in the hills east of Perth, Western Australia. I found these two videos highly enjoyable and informative. I found your explanations along the way very accurate and clear. I was surprised when the casing got stuck as a lot of people would not show this as it's extremely frustrating as a driller but it's a real part of what happens. I am very impressed with the drilling company themselves as I understand everything they are doing and liked what I saw, the equipment is excellent too. I have never seen those connections on PVC, we use similar connections on fibreglass, but we don't see them here on PVC. Overall, excellent videos and excellent drillers.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad to hear it and thanks for watching since you already know the process. 🙌

@Summitclym

Жыл бұрын

How deep would a normal water well be in your area east of Perth?

@scottsnyder8691

Жыл бұрын

I agree. As a geologist that's drilled a bunch of water wells just like this, he did a great job of explaining the whole process, every step of the way. I'd use this video to explain the process to my clients, I usually botch that job and either over or under explain and leave them confused.

@jessesilver

Жыл бұрын

@@scottsnyder8691 thank you!! As you can see from my channel I'm super new at this so I really appreciate it. Feel free to send any clients the video links of course!

@WW5RM

Жыл бұрын

Those steel sticks! lol

I worked with an oil drill rig for a number of years. Basically the same operation you have shown here. Great video you did an outstanding job narrating it. Thank you.

@LetsOverthinkThis

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for sharing! Would be curious to hear the differences if you have the time.

@shopart1488

5 ай бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis The biggest difference would be everything in oil drilling is much bigger. We had a 4,000 gallon fuel trailer, a V12 on the rig, a heated tool shed, two trailers with Detroit’s powering rotary compressors to bring the cutting up when we got deep. We also had a large drill table about three or 4 feet out of the mud that you could keep somewhat cleaner. We were drilling in Ohio about 4500 feet would be deepest. We did a lot of angle drilling under lakes and things like that. We had a mud bootpulled by a cat that we could bring supplies in and out with. Generally the roads coming in were decent but still the mud boat worked well.

Well done! Explained clearly for anyone that has never seen this done and always wondered.

@LetsOverthinkThis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I found it super interesting myself.

in the 50's I was a drill foreman working for the company that pays the drillers. We drilled for uranium in NM, Az, Wy and copper in Az. At Ambrosia Lake NM we hit water at 700 feet and 800 feet and uranium at 950 feet. They dug a shaft and mined it. My son worked on a drill ship in the gulf and the string was 27 thousand feet. Unbelievable. Iguana

I'M 77 years old..bought a company started in 1922..I purchased it in 1972 at 26 years old. Operated cable tool drills. During the Californis drought was asked to Manage American Testing and Engineerings Corp in Sant Rosa. Learned rotary and bucket drilling from my employees. Purchased a Portadrill 10 TG and hired ATECs drillers..learned rotary from them. My last drill was a JEFCO top head rig. Retired in 2017 and sold my company to a competitor whose founder was like my second dad..his grandson is still operating a new JEFCO with my guys operating it. My company is now 101 years old. I had offers to run operations in Saudi Arabia or Rio De Janeiro..turned them down. Had another offer to head a drilling operation at a gold field in Nevada. My former driller became head of their drilling department and asked me to take his place. I'm taking it easy these days..LOL

@LetsOverthinkThis

8 ай бұрын

Sounds like you have a heck of a lot of experience and I can't blame you for takin it easy these days! Sounds like it's well-deserved ;) Thanks for watching and hope you enjoyed getting to sit back and watch it all for once ;)

Thank you for sharing this water well drilling video in the desert. Your explanations were precise and you kept us informed about the whole process. Best of luck with the new water well! The drillers were professional and worked steady to complete your well.

A fascinating introduction to well drilling. Thank you.

@LetsOverthinkThis

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome! I found it fascinating too.

Best well video I have ever seen on KZread

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Aww shucks!

This is some of the best explanation of well drilling I've seen. NICE!

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙌

Best video I've seen on water drilling. Very informative! Kudos!

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! New at the KZread thing so I really appreciate the comment.

Very good series. I moved to New Mexico near Holloman AFB a few years ago. We started out water seeking project by going to the experts in the county offices finding their geologist. After telling her where we intended to build, she advised that the area where we are has onw of the largest & best aquifers in the state, that we should get excellent water & equally good quantities anywhere we drill. We then met with two well drilling companies getting all of the technical info. We selected the one that overall appeared to be the most successful, professional & best equipped to do the job. I was lucky enough to be on scene during the drilling process. The project took only two days, We also went with a 1200 gallon reservoir tank to maximize the operational life of the deep pressure pump by lessening its start/stop cycles. A much less expensive 'Jet pump' supplies the pressure to the home. The water is slightly hard bur is delicious and we run it through a 5 micron sediment filter; nothing more. Depth is 360 feet. Cost was right around $16K.

@MARKE911

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome, I worked for Arkansas largest water utility Company for 14 years. It's amazing how many people complain about paying a "$20-$25 water bill"a month. You had to pay 16k just to have water and it always requires electricity and no guarantee that something won't go wrong. These folks paying $25 a month, it would take them 50+ years to even come close to your initial cost just to get the well dug. Everyone complaining "water should be free" Well yeah basically it is free but you have to pay for the maintenance and upkeep and electricity just to get the water to you. I'm happy you got great water, Is your water temperature around 55-60°?

@dougbourdo2589

Жыл бұрын

@@MARKE911 yes, usually 60+ in the warm months & colder during winter months by virtue of the reservoir tank.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Agreed and I'd happily tap into a city supply if it existed! I ain't going this route to save money 😂 Haven't stuck a thermometer on it but yeah that's the temperature it feels like!

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Doug, same here except will have a 5000 gallon tank that gets filled more continuously from the well since it's not a high producer and then likely a DAB Esybox pressure pump to feed the pressurized house system. Glad you have such great water for you and your family!

@pacman5511

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s actually a decent price

awesome video, very educational, great editing and explaining ! make more!

Lots of love from Botswana 🇧🇼🔝🔥... I'm planning on moving to my family land for farming about 30 hectares, and first things first we need to get water , nice informative series

Nice video. Appreciate the step by step on the well drilling.

Thank you for sharing this and your clear explanation of the process. Some hydraulic cylinders have a similar locking process to the cable tie thing, just using lead stipe instead, very clever.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Oh neat! Didn't know that. Yeah I found it super clever as well.

Another outstanding job, thanks for the education. Play through

your clear explanation of the process. Some hydraulic cylinders have a similar locking process to the cable tie thing, just using lead stipe instead, very clever

Thanks for the education. God bless you in your endeavors.

Very nice series on drilling a desert water well. Thank you for posting. Cheers! Whipple

@LetsOverthinkThis

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Never seen this process before! Truly amazong, thanks for sharing!

@LetsOverthinkThis

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome! Thx for watching.

Excellent narration, knowledgeable.

What a lovely property you have there... and the surrounding desert! It's so nice out there!

@LetsOverthinkThis

5 ай бұрын

I think so too! Thanks for watching. 🙌

I am a retired Petroleum Geologist and worked as a Wellsite Consultant Geologist for 12 years in Canada/ USA. Beautiful, efficient small rig, skilled operators and an extremely well narrated commentary. You did not tell how much this well cost you. Thanks for the video.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the compliment on the video and I agree they were a skilled crew that was great to watch! Cost wise, I left it out because of the potential it has to be misleading; just ten miles away for example, the ground is sufficiently different enough to warrant them using mud to drill all the way down, resulting in a different cost. Let alone the fact that a well in the US can probably go from like $10k to over $100k based on depth, geological conditions, labor rates, ease of access, etc. This one, for what you see here as around $60k (in early-ish 2022).

@nickw7619

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis I know it's uncomfortable but thanks for answering the question, that's why I came to the comments. It all looks expensive

@tomh.9667

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis Someone considering purchasing property should consider how far their property is to a local water utility line and do a cost comparison between the cost of connecting the line to your home plus the estimated monthly water costs (including water utility increases over the years) vs. having your own well dug. Example: $ 60,000 (well cost) / ~ $ 200 per month water bill = 300 months (25 years). So in other words, it would take 25 years to break even. 😮

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

@@tomh.9667 Yes, for sure. I'm probably 8+ miles from a local water line so this is a moot point as it's not possible. IE we're way past the point of the decision being "which one is more cost effective." But yes, to some others who have commented about wanting to know if they should do this or tap into a utility, what you recommended is basically step 1 👍

@tomh.9667

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis Thank you. And yes, agreed. A few more questions for you if you don't mind. 1) I'm considering purchasing some property north of Palm Springs and it sounds like you're not too far from there. Do you think the cost to drill a well in North Palm Springs would be similar to your costs? and 2) Did you shop around for drillers? (I would imagine that your choices are very limited in that region) And if so, was the company you went with the least expensive?

I’m in the high desert. My well is 175 feet and does 40 gallons a minute. Very blessed 😊

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! High desert where?

@gilbertjaramillo8735

Жыл бұрын

40 gallons a minute? That sounds high. What kind of pump do you have to pump such a large amount of water? I live in North TX and my well is 500 ft deep to the Woodbine Reservoir, which is huge. However, my 15 gallon per minute Grundfos submersible only pumps about 8 gpm before the it starts pumping out. So, you are definitely blessed with an artesian vein down there.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

@@gilbertjaramillo8735 Wow indeed. I can't imagine 40 or even 15gpm! Like Gilbert said, what pump do you have that can do 40GPM from 175 feet and do the lights dim every time it powers on? 🤣 (just the jealously talking here :) )

@carlcarlson180

Жыл бұрын

Not sure of the pump, think it’s German made. When our well was drilled they said we hit a underground stream. Most wells in my area are about 450 feet. I live about a mile from the San Andreas fault.

@gilbertjaramillo8735

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis Same here.

thanks again for another very informative video about what the well installation process is like!

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

I enjoyed watching your video. Thanks and all the best.

Great video, fun stuff and soothing voice, not obnoxious!

@LetsOverthinkThis

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

I made a comment on your first video. Again thanks for memory land trip. Our New Mexico ranch had 3 wells. My father and grandfather were water witches. They used bent clothes hangs or green tree branches and would walk in areas they hoped to drill. Dad used hangars 90% of the time the wires would literally form an X over water. The tree branch would warp down. I tried and tried …… never could get the feel. Our wells used old single piston morris Fairbanks motors and pump jacks that looked like oil well jacks. At the bottom of the wells were leather pump rings that would go bad about where 2-3 years. We had to pull the 1000+ ft of rods.. replace the leather rings and put it all back in. Almost wells were drilled as high up on the mountains as possible. That allowed us to run 2” black pipe to water tanks down hill. We sold the ranch in the 90’s, sadly :(. I was in the Navy and parented were lonely as the closest neighbors were 5 miles away and the town of pinion and others nearby had mostly died off. Today the area has seen a resurgence of ranching. Lots of new families but still sparse population. I live in Ohio now, rest of family in Palm Springs and Victorville area of CA.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Glad it stirred up some memories and thanks for sharing!

@hasteandfury2424

Жыл бұрын

Pointless. The west is over.

@jessesilver

Жыл бұрын

@@hasteandfury2424 thanks for watching! 🤣

@philipchesley9615

Жыл бұрын

Hey Bret! To get instant "feel", take a couple of metal rods-welding rods (or coat hangers etc are perfect)-and make a 90 degree bend of the first 3", then hold the short end LOOSELY in each hand about waist high and walk back and forth under HIGH TENSION power lines. Anywhere in the desert or suburbs. The rods will SPIN directly towards each other as you walk directly under the power lines. I've never seen anybody fail this demonstration lol. The non believers always say: "This is because-blah blah blah..." and they don't believe what just happened-but it ALWAYS happens! After seeing the explosive power lines example then walk your rods over buried underground pipes etc. Lots of fun. Granted- I've been plagued with some false readings many a time regarding pipelines-but it's always consistent, but still a mystery? Long story short, try the power lines test for some real fun! I've NEVER seen it FAIL-even with sceptics! Cheers!

Excellent presentation. I learned a lot.

You hired real professionals … worth every penny

@LetsOverthinkThis

19 күн бұрын

Agreed! Thanks for watching.

The end reminds me of a song about a place in a little town where the waters VERY HARD TO DRINK.

@LetsOverthinkThis

4 күн бұрын

I feel like I should know this song! What is it?

Excellent video and I hope the well provides all your needs!

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks and me too!

Reminded me of my youth - about 40 years ago I worked one summer drilling water wells. I was the helper, not the driller.

Great videos, learned a lot, already knew some but cool to fill in the gaps...you can tell your contractor are pros.

Great job documenting and explaining the process. I went through a similar experience in Nye County Nevada several years ago; started with a 2 1/2 acre patch of desert as a hobby and eventually had a home built. One of my first uses for my well, equipped with a 12 Volt downhole pump on 75 watts of solar panel, was to plant a line of Mondell pine to provide a wind break and some shade. To facilitate a gravity fed drip system I built a 12 foot platform and set a 1650 gallon tank up on the "tower ". My solar pump would top off the tank each day and with an irrigation timer I could have water flowing for discrete time slots. That was almost 30 years ago and the trees are way up there now, most of them, providing a much needed wind barrier.

@LetsOverthinkThis

4 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks for sharing that and quite a journey! Part of what I love about all of this is the mac-guyver-ing of systems to make off grid life possible. Glad it's worked out for you!

This brings back memories. Years ago, I had a ranch just North of Los Angeles Angeles. I remember the day the rig rolled up, and started drilling. At first, we hit about 6 gallons per minute at 160 ft. I opted to keep going to get more water, as I hoped to grow a vineyard one day. At 300 ft, I had 70 gpm. It was a happy day. I loved having my own water!

@LetsOverthinkThis

6 ай бұрын

Wow, that production rate is enviable, for sure! Nobody gets even a fraction of that sort of flow up here in the desert, but then again the only aspiration is enough water for a couple of people to live (no agriculture, etc). At any rate, thanks for sharing your story!

I dont think you mentioned the geologist in the vid. Yes there are geological maps, and granite batholiths tend to be enormous. But in other parts of the country the rock type can influence cost of production. When you drill sedimentary rock you are essentially cutting through different materials and crosscutting the different sequence. Drilling through an aquiclude can cause a lot of problems. Shale is friable and usually collapse the bore hole. Your borehole through granite has its own problems with radon gas, but the drilling company will usually deal with that scenario. Quite right to be reluctant to tell your viewers the price of your project. The cost will vary enormously depending on statutes, geology, the drilling company and location. There is NO one size fits all. I used to do that job a long time ago, but we were not drilling for water or oil, but coal.

@williamevans6522

8 ай бұрын

Well pad and access preparations can be costly. Investing in a hydrogeologic analysis utilizing VLF radio reception tied to specific gps survey locations can also add to the overall cost

Very impressive narrative. Clear and concise, and a very well-made, informative video. Kudos!

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I don't have many videos so I appreciate the encouragement 👍

Thank you very much that was a very informative video I watched wells being drilled before, but never knew all the details of how it's done 👍

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

this is the best educational video i have seen on you tube ... you guys are gooood

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Wow, glad you Iiked it!

@plamenlachev4562

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis i love it you answered, so many questions for me

Well done!

Amazing. These drillers really are awesome guys.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Yes they are!

Excellent series. I am going to be doing this in Northwestern AZ soon (yeah, expensive) to the same depth. This gave me a few things to think about like the run off 'pool'.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was useful! And yeah the pool is a good tactic.... I've seen the mess it can make depending on your terrain if you don't. Good luck!

@utube012341

Жыл бұрын

@@Jennifer-007 excellent info I’m debating drilling in Yucca .

Very well constructed and video narrative well organized.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Well done !! no pun intended :-) seriously however I have had wells for 40 years never once has anyone explained the entire process. My properties already had wells on them when I purchased the land. Thank you

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad it was interesting for you.

Excellent video. Thanks.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Even. Or especially. A novice. Will be pumped with information and procedures. Very well done. Thanks! RSA.

@LetsOverthinkThis

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Well Spoken...informative...thank You.

Great photography, interesting, informative, excellent narration and editing.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching!

Great job Jesse! Thanks for all the great publicity

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Well I found it fascinating and I'm happy to credit people who work hard and care about what they do! It's certainly hard enough to find that these days at any price ;)

Very satisfying to watch.

@LetsOverthinkThis

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent narrative. Well done!

@LetsOverthinkThis

8 ай бұрын

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

I could only imagine how much this well cost. I drilled a 400 ft well twentyyears ago, and it was $30,000. It's a great feeling to get your own, self provided water. It will be especially sweet to pump it with your own, self-provided power! Off the GRID!!!

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Wow that actually surprises me.... 30k 20 years ago was an enormous amount of money. This one was about 50k for the hole and 10k more for the pump and pvc/wire to the bottom which is obviously also a ton of money. But yeah, we both have water on our own now. As they say, "cry once...". 🤣

@theespjames4114

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis Thats not even a new pickup truck lol

@theyangview1898

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis ….wow! Not bad I was expecting $80-$100k

@falcon02012

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis Last year my father-in-law cost him $17000 for 580' .

@jessesilver

Жыл бұрын

@@falcon02012 Awesome! Where?

In Northern CA we drill 7 7/8" hole and set five inch casing. In alluvials we drill 9 7/8" and 5" PVC.. We also drlled blast holes for the Geyers steam area for seismic blast holes and 1,000 feet firtemperTure gradient holes.

I live in the Pacific Northwest of the US, well drilling here is mostly welded steel casing to the bottom of the well minus a few feet for sluf off from the edge of the hole.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Yeah different geology, different process for sure! The fact that the ground here is solid enough to not need any reinforcement to 600 feet down is pretty mind blowing.

Fantastic video and information, thanks for sharing.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed it!

I had a drilling business here on Whidbey Island Washington years ago. It was a cable tool rig. It's all glacial materials here with no bedrock so we pound down a 6" steel casing as we proceed. A lot of water under Puget Sound. The state did some exploratory drilling when in the 80's the alarmists said we were running out of water. One site they hit a gravel aquifer at 600' and it went all the way down to 1,200'. Another one drilled on a spit on the beach hit water at 410' that came up the pipe and ran 180 gpm artisan. That one was drilled in the 1930's for a fish factory. When it was abandoned they just let it run. Years later they capped it and used it for several hundred houses. Most water here is less than 250'. My personal well is just 50' with at least 30 gpm.

@tonyhudson8698

Жыл бұрын

Here in Chch ,New Zealand, in some places we have Artesian flows, 3mtr head, gives about 350- 400 gallon per minute from 6 inch caseing. Cheers. Will add I did 27 years drilling, loved the cable Tool ,but also Top drive rigs, plus auger drilling rigs.

@theanalogkid6749

Жыл бұрын

@@tonyhudson8698 Me Too! but I gotta' admit, Rotary Rigs rule! Question: Do you walk all stooped over like I do from all those years of hard labor on the rig? Cheers!

@tonyhudson8698

Жыл бұрын

@@theanalogkid6749 well New rigs like top drive put the hole in faster. But that speed can cost( ie) they drill past the water, then screen, where they think the water is, but in fact the better water flow is higher up. Less yield from the well, at clients expense.. Good cable tool when in water bearing gravel should drive caseing. 500mm Clean out, then test water flow, then drive .500mm, repeat, repeat till a change happens. That's all noted in bore log, so that at anytime you know what's going on. Test drilling I loved , apart from the SPT setup, mind you, that's a major part, so has to be done Correctly. I started in 1977 and did 27years, so out of it now. The knees feel it, but other than that all good. I might add I did pile driving as well. Large Bucket rig, 1.200mm Diameter caseing (4 foot Diameter) lots of welding, was a good life, and enjoyable. Cheers to you Sir. Bar and hammer?, or Stem & clamps??. Big Knockers or Jars???. Terms to jog the memory.

@markwilliams4525

Жыл бұрын

​@The Analog Kid they don't always "rule"! A cable tool rig can install a well where a rotary may not.

@markwilliams4525

Жыл бұрын

​@Tony Hudson I have a rotary top drive rig but I'm also looking at getting a large cable tool rig too.

Very informative.

had a well drilled in Northern Nevada this last Feb...very similar but was fortunate that only had to go 140ft

You may consider only having a tank in your basement of only 60-100 gallons for a couple reasons, the tank is large enough and your pump is on the slower side that the pump will not be coming on as often and when it does it runs for a little bit longer causing less wear from starting up frequently, also it is so nice to turn on the cold tap and get ice cold well water to drink because your pump comes one more often than having a 500 gallon cistern in which the water will get warm and probably not taste as good. We had a well drilled in New Hampshire and it was just under 500 ft deep, the water was so cold and delicious a water filter was unnecessary. In CA they do things very different, our well had the casing into bedrock but there was no duel PVC pipes inside of it there was one continuous PE pipe with brass fittings on the end to thread on the check valve and pump and the electrical wire was taped to the PE pipe, no leaks with a continuous pipe. Also there was a fitting about 4 feet in the ground through the well casing for the waterline to exit the casing under ground and then a trench was dug to the house, this prevents freezing, prevents any well tampering, and is less unsightly. There also was no unsightly concrete pad at the surface, we just graded the land back and planted grass so it looked as natural as possible.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the interesting points! Yes, things are done very differently in various places, and you mentioning "basement" is already a good example of that (nobody has basements here as it's basically solid rock like 4 feet down). Same for the necessity of putting the water line tap to the well head under the frost line; there is no frost line here. Personally I'd rather have a concrete pad a my well head well protected instead of buried under dirt but I know that's a personal choice. All of my drinking water will go through an R/O filter and then the fridge anyway so the temp of my water supply isn't a top concern, and as for pump cycling, that's not a problem either as the proper way to do it around here is that a different sensor/float triggers the pump on and off, so that the pump won't turn on unless the water goes below a level (say the 80% mark on the tank) but won't stop until it's at about 95%, so you don't get the fatiguing cycling of using one sensor for both on and off. It might only turn on once every day or two and stay on for an hour. I have not seen out here the use of a single polyethylene tube instead of PVC and I do love the idea! Frankly I'm a little surprised that sort of tube is okay with the weight of 500 feet of tube + 500 feet of 10 gauge cable + the weight of the pump itself. That actually shocks me from a tensile strength perspective, but again, since you're saying that's what they do, not having any joints does sound good. Thanks again for the comment and exposing viewers to other ways of doing things!

@USSBB62

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis I thought California Department of Water Resources required concrete seal to prevent surface contamination from effecting the Well. But I'm on you guys side.

@jessesilver

Жыл бұрын

@@USSBB62 they do! There's concrete poured around the 20 foot steel casing and a six foot by six foot by 6 inch pad around the well also to protect it. For my county that was what was required for the well permit and it's since been tagged as a proper well. So I think to your point it does need to be sealed around the borehole but the water exit doesn't need to be under ground since there no frost line. 👍

@thomasbrewer4138

Жыл бұрын

Of course you add a quarter inch cable from the pump to the well top for proper strength

@chrisdaniel1339

Жыл бұрын

@@thomasbrewer4138 New Hampshire well drillers in the 90's did not add a secondary lifting cable, there is the continuous PE water pipe going to the check valve above the pump and then the three conductor heavy gage electrical cable that is clamped in the pump housing and taped at regular intervals to the PE pipe

Amazing video and thank you for sharing!

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Something you might cover in the future is hydrofracking water wells that have low output. Hydrofracking can make a well more use full without drilling. Thanks for the video great coverage of the process.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Must be a fascinating process and would love to witness but frankly if I personally need to it means my well isn't producing so I really hope I never cover it ☺️

Very informative video. In 2015, We drilled a 120m well here in Iringa Tanzania but we didn't get enough water for irrigation. It was just a waste of money, but at least we tried.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Oh man that must be tough. I don't have enough for irrigation here either. This is just enough for the house that will be here.

Great video, thank you for sharing, very interesting

@LetsOverthinkThis

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

Be sure to put lighting protection on the wire. You have just created the best ground a lighting bolt could ask for. The best bet would be to disconnect the wires at the well head if a storm blows up. Like a plug and socket? I grew up in 29 palms and moved away in 1975.

that was cool, thanks for sharing

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Great Video, Thanks for this fantastic info!

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it, and thx for commenting!

Thank you for instilling hope. I plan on purchasing land in the desert.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Good luck to you!

@markbrown2296

Жыл бұрын

Where at?

Excellent video

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thx for watching!

Excellent video!

@LetsOverthinkThis

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Really cool video, enjoyed watching

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad and thanks for watching!

Incredible video.!!!

@LetsOverthinkThis

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and letting me know!

Great video! very helpful and easy to follow.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@nightrunner1456

Жыл бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis Houston TX. 12:45am.

Very informative video and well explained. 🤙

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 🙌

Great Video

Great informative video, great work

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Cable Tool driller from Chch, New Zealand here, and Top drive Air Rotary, I left a couple of comments on the first video. Cheers.

Excellent video. Excellent. We have a 200 ft (60m) well in the park near the ocean. It is for watering the grass. We have droughts here. We are in a sandstone valley that was part of a river system myago. The ocean rose and the valley filled in with sediment. When it rains the water follows the rocky valley floor to the ocean. But accumulates as it pushes the ocean water out. We have a water supply below the park. 😊😊😊 You made me think. Facts are useful 👌 😊

Thank you for this!

@LetsOverthinkThis

6 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Interesting here in NorCal, my well has 6" steel casing all the way down. I used a Grundfos 16 SQF-10 which delivers 15 GPM at using 1 kW at 240 VAC. Excellent pumps! Super efficient and as you said, no starting surge.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, yeah I suspect that means your ground conditions weren't basically solid granite so they couldn't rely on the bore staying open without the steel, but I'm no expert. How deep is your well? I'm envious of your water production! Out here in the desert, we don't get anything near that much water. Thanks for watching and commenting!

@vertihvost7675

9 ай бұрын

Is the pump reliable? How long will it last? Thank you

very insightful .Have leant a lot. Thank you

@LetsOverthinkThis

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the comment!

@voluntarycke

9 ай бұрын

Thanks too. Might you know of some charities that help drill water where people walk for 3 hours or more in search of clean and safe water. @@LetsOverthinkThis

@LetsOverthinkThis

9 ай бұрын

Sorry, not something I'm involved in :(

Thank's posting all the valuable content and making things so clear. I'm starting a little rehab cabin project close to you in Wonder Valley and wondered if you had any recommendations for a perc test and driller. Thanks again. Excited to see the progress on your place

@LetsOverthinkThis

4 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! I definitely recommend North American drilling but don't have anyone for perf test that I'd really recommend, sorry to say. Best of luck to you!

Thanks for posting

@LetsOverthinkThis

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😁

Interesting video! I live in Wisconsin now but used to have a house in Yucca Valley out Old Woman Springs Road. There was a million gallon water tank on the hill above us that we were connected to so no need for a well. I miss the desert!

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

I think I've seen that tank! Nice to have "city" water for sure. Thx for commenting!

That was fun to see

@LetsOverthinkThis

6 ай бұрын

I thought so!

I live in northern Arizona on a huge aquifer. We drilled 650’ and hit water at 450. That extra 200’ is some great insurance.

I’m around the Pearblossom area/ Palmdale 😃 our driller said we hit a underground stream 😃 very blessed, I chose the well site on our 5 acres.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Wow that is truly incredible! Congrats! I'm about 2500 feet higher in elevation than you which makes it even less likely I'd hit that but regardless that's quite a score. Thanks for sharing!

Very good Video 👍

@LetsOverthinkThis

Ай бұрын

Thx!

I'm in north TX where wells are 550 to 600 feet. I strongly suggest storage tank system using a tank good for at least three days normal use. The deep submersible pumps have no problem at all running a few hours against only surface head pressure. Reduced cycles for pump is reduced momentary torque on the water pipe in bore. The system supply pump pickup in storage tank should be 12 inches off bottom to allow any solids (silt) to settle out as a base filtration. You can clean bottom of tank through the inspection/access opening with a pool hose secured to a piece of conduit ornother pipe. Siphon is ample vacuum for the task. Cleaning is variable but will be 2-3 years or more unless you have a really bad well. Youbstill need a typical air or air bladder tank to keep cycles of the surface supply pump reasonable. When the deep pump is the sole pump your water flow and pressure drops excessively once the bladder tank discharges. The deep pump also sees much more water shearing on impellers if there is any silt and that shortens pump life a lot.

@LetsOverthinkThis

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the detailed comment, and all very good thoughts and in-line with what everyone does here. The wells don't produce enough instantaneous flow to draw from them directly even if it wasn't bad for the pump, so in my case the plan is a 5000 gallon tank with the well pump filling that up on a more continual basis (and the float switches set apart vertically so that the well pump doesn't trigger on until the level has fallen some amount). The house pressure supply will be from a pressure pump (like the well-regarded DAB E.SYBOX; variable speed drives have made a bladder tank unnecessary in some cases, like mine) that pulls from that tank. Good points on the sediment. If my well pump could handle more head pressure I'd put one in-line before it gets to the tank but in my case I can probably only put a spin-down or large particle size filter pre-tank and will need to do more filtering on the way out of it. And like you said, prepare for periodic cleanings of the water tank itself. Anyway, thank you so much for watching and the detailed comment!

Great video.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

That was pretty cool, and thanks again for letting us tag along. Oh yeah, I almost forgot, congratulations on the well.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thx! Would have said "any time" but one hopes to do this only once ;)

Very interesting

Well explained videos

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

6 SQF-3. I have many of these installed in California and I have some that are running close to 13 years old without fail. Hopefully you don't have too much fine abrasive silt in your well or that will shorten its life span as it is a helical rotor and those two surfaces will wear against each other over time. You will know when you always apply the same amount of power yet the GPM flow rate begins to decline. Even that may not be a problem for years and years to come. You did a really good job putting these videos together.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and glad to hear you've had success with the 6SQF3! Not any silt in my water that I can detect but as you said, will keep an eye on the production vs power draw! Great tip there. Thx again!

wow 600 ft ! i use to have twenty acres near Lake Orville and wells there at about 800 ft elevation off of the valley floor were consistently in the 300 ft range . the rock was granite and the water crystal clear . i think i got about 15 gpm which was very good in that area . i'm amazed that there is ANy water at all where you are . congratulations

@LetsOverthinkThis

7 күн бұрын

Thanks! We don't get anything near 15 gpm so everyone has a big water storage tank that the well fills slowly and then the pressure pump system pulls from that for the instantaneous usage. But yeah, thrilled to have water! Thx for watching and commenting!

I drill wells using a late 90s drill rig. Crazy how much more labor we have to do with such a older rig.

@LetsOverthinkThis

8 ай бұрын

Oh man sorry to hear that. But thanks for doing important work for people.

You are lucky out in that desert with the water being so close to the surface. Wife and I had land in Juniper Hills, the foothills south of Palmdale. My well driller said we would probably have to go down 1000 to 1200 feet there. We now live in Las Vegas. At one time there were artesian springs that would produce a 6 foot standing column of water in the middle of the valley. Well, those days are long gone. The community well that serves our neighborhood - about 100 houses - was down 600 or 700' feet in 1950. Down to 900' feet in 1970 and the last drill was about 1000' or 1200' in 1992 or so. I drilled wells in northern Germany while I lived there as a foreign student in 1970. You hit surface water at about 5 meters. You needed to keep going through a layer of hard, compacted sand - not quite hardpan - and you got to the clean, deep water at about 15 meters. They used a cable drill, no permanent casing, just the boring tube, and screwed together two, three or four lengths of filter cylinders, each about 1 meter long and 2.5 inches in diameter. These were connected to a continuous length of flexible, black PVC and connect it directly to a mechanical pump at the barn or pump house. The very first well I worked on, the farmer didn't want to pay for 100 meters of PVC so he demanded they drill in front of the main barn door. We got the depth and hooked up a temporary gasoline pump. When the water came out, it smell like rotten --- uhhh, REALLY ROTTEN -- p*ss water. I summoned up all of my language skill and asked my host father, the plumbing contractor: "Was stinkt?" [What stinks?] "Das Wasser." [The water], he snorted. So I summoned up the rest of my measly skill at the language: "Warum?" [Why?] He pointed to the beam across the barn entrance. It showed [in German] "Built in 1570" and said, "Ach, die Kühe pissen hier seit 400 Jahren." [Ahhh, those cows have been p*ssing here for 400 years.]

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, those are indeed some DEEP wells you mentioned! Thanks for sharing all of that. And yes I do consider myself lucky to have water and will treat it accordingly! Thanks for watching!

A Murphy Switch Gauge on your storage tank... will turn the pump off when the tank is full and then turn the pump back on when the water level drops (in the storage tank). Both the high and low levels are adjustable. Then there has to be a pressure switch to cut the pump off when the water level drops to the intake on the pump then restart the pump (which is in your grundfoss pump motor and cotroller)... after the water level recovers. My pressure cut off switch control is built into the franklin 3 phase converter and the pressure switch is on the water line. I have a 5gpm grundfos pump head and a 3 phase 1.5hp franklin motor and single phase to 3 phase (franklin) converter to pump from 500 feet. I also have a honda 8,000 watt tri-fuel 220 V generator to run the pump when a new well is first drilled for testing or when we drill off grid. I use a sand screen to protect the pump and motor. A well we drilled simular to yours was drilled to 615 feet in 1992 at a cost of 9,000 dollars for the rig time of 150 dollars per hour across 3 days of some very hard slow drilling. Today we can drill the same well in 2 days using DTH tools and air and or PDC bits and heavy weight drill pipe and a single drill collar at an expected cost of 30 thousand dollars for a 600 foot hole and another 25-30 for used steel casing, pump,wire and tubing, rig time, ect. and final costs could be even higher due to several factors.

@LetsOverthinkThis

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the detailed comment and for watching! The switch setup you mentioned definitely will work and is the basic one I'll start with. But the part I think I can improve is that with that setup, if I'm drawing more water than my well can produce, the well pump will constantly short-cycle, turning on every time there is just barely enough water over the pump itself and then turning back off again (hopefully!) when it's running dry. I don't think that's great for the well or the pump. Since Grundfos publishes a current vs depth chart which I can verify and calibrate myself (for example, the pump draws anywhere from 340watts to 800 watts depending on how deep the water is), I can read that and use a separate circuit to "time out" the pump once it gets to like 750 watts. Meaning the well is *nearly* dry. My circuit can have a wait period, say 6 hours, and then try again. Plus I want that logging anyway so I know over the years whether my well is producing less and less and that setup will give me that. ANYWAY, thanks again and good luck to you out there.

@WardCampbell

10 ай бұрын

@@LetsOverthinkThis you could start with a large conventional blader style tank and then add an aux water storage tank later... one that you fill manually using until you get the aux tank fully automated using a water level switch gauge and relay. A 4x40 ss ro canister and Hydronix BW membrane can be purchased on AMZ for less than 300 dollars. Pre filters are shopped across the internet Pentek Big Blue 4x20 canisters and filters.

@LetsOverthinkThis

10 ай бұрын

@@WardCampbell Yeah, to be honest I don't think that strategy is a good one for me. Wells out here are very low-producing AND my well pump isn't a pressure pump. So it's not the right setup for using just a bladder style tank without a larger storage tank. Will definitely start with the large water storage tank, and pressure pump and obviously can add my current/depth-sensing add-ons over time to keep track of how my well is producing. I do love R/O but in the desert I wouldn't feel good about saying godobye to that much waste-water, so my plan is still to use a water softener for the shower/sinks water and R/O for drinking and ice. I *could* use R/O for the whole house feed and use the waste water for just irrigation and toilets, etc, but not sure I want to have to segregate my plumbing like that. Anyway, lots of ways to skin a cat!

Personally quite valuable info as we will be going through this process before long on our piece of Idaho granodiorite batholith.

@LetsOverthinkThis

Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! And best of luck to you!

i’m planning to get a well drilled north of you soon, in fish lake valley; right next door to owens valley. A couple of my neighbors get hot water from their wells too; i think they’re around 700 feet deep.