I found another well on the property

While clearing on the hill side, I stumbled upon another well. It was pretty overgrown and only covered with plywood which was well rotted. Now this is the second one I found since i posted about the other one. The second one looks in good shape and is only about 5 ft deep. The area I've been clearing was once a field and I've working on bringing it back to its old glory in hopes to plant in spring of 2017 or 2018. This will help with irrigation I'm thinking.

Below is the first one. IMO, strange it's a dug out well (I guess) and has a metal pipe in there......


Bottom left same as picture as above and the second one is about 15' beyond the atv up the hill.







The 2nd one I've just found. The water is much clearer than the other one. Very slight oil sheet, which I've read is something added on old wells.

 

That makes sense.......

The first picture above is from the other thread. Basically it's roughly 5'- 7' deep within that 20" pipe and only about 12" deep outside of that pipe. There is stone walls around 3 sides of it, and is open from one end. I don't know much about wells, but I would like to work on both of them. Any thoughts or suggestions? I'll redo the top of the newest well with some 2x6's since I have alot of those on hand.

 

I believe you are very correct on this one.

 

It makes sense. The area I've cleared over the past month was overgrown big time. I managed to clear a huge area of high brush, fruit bushes, and saplings, just to have everything die off, I cut and collected everything (I do have a large sweeper for the atv) and now it's like all grass. I know stone foundations are common everywhere, but I suspect these stone walls that are behind the property were taken from what were once fields, with possible livestock.

 

I saw the drought on the news....... I'm no expert since I just moved here, but we've had a decent amount of rain since mid July. Even when I went back to Pa i kept an eye on the rain. Getting into fall is critical when keeping an eye on the well. We would like to add a manual pump to the main well that services the house at some point, ya know, for a power outage or a shtf situation......

 

Sorry for the delay..... I went through some paperwork seeing if I can find the exact depth. No luck....... and I don't remember. I asked during the buying process and had it tested.......

 

Unless the label is under the big concrete part, I didn't see it under the smaller one. I pulled the smaller lid, and the well only looks like it's maybe 15' deep, filled with maybe 4ft of water, down another 4ft from a clear water line. The question was raised if the previous owner ever went dry and she did no...... but it does seem low...... when we had it tested, if I remember correctly, it had elevated sulfur levels, but within the "safe"amount as well as some coliform (sp?) Which the home owner had the well shocked and retested, giving an all clear.


The main well....





There is an upper black pipe and a lower black pipe, as well as the blue hose.







The land continues to go up another 100ft or so above the well.

 

Is it still artesian if the land continues to slope down? I thought the area would need to be U shaped. It's flat where the house sits and the yard.

Does this explain why the hole in the concrete where the tank is gets filled with water?

 

How could it get contaminated if it sits above the ground level? Chipmunk poo on the lid, then washed in during a windy rain?