When you need a new water well on your property, it is essential to hire professional well drilling services to help you determine the best location, then drill the well for you. Some well driving services also provide pump installation, but you should discuss the options available with the representative from the company. 

Determining The Well Location

Deciding where to drill a well on your land can be challenging because not every part of the property will have water below ground. There are some features that the well drilling service will look for to decide where they feel the best water yield will be. 

The first step is to determine where the aquifer is under the land you own. The aquifer consists of layers of rock and soil that have water running through them that will collect in the well. Often, a geological survey map is the best way to see what is below the surface of the land, and many times, the town or city already has the maps on hand for the public to review. 

If no map is available, the well drilling service may use GPR (ground penetrating radar) to determine what rock layers lie below the surface and if there are voids that may hold water. Well drilling services can drill a test hole to look for water if necessary, but typically, the survey map or GPR results will give them a good starting location for drilling that will produce water. 

Drilling Your Well

When it is time to start drilling, the well drilling service will bring a drilling truck to the site. The drill truck contains the derrick and the drill and will be the primary tool for drilling into the soil. Once in place, the drill operator will begin boring into the ground and removing soil and rock from the hole. The depth of the well is determined when the driller starts to see water in the bore. 

An adequate well for a residential home needs to produce six to eight gallons of water a minute, so the driller will begin to measure the water flow at different stages until they find enough water flow to sustain your home. Most well drilling services set a minimum water flow amount for the well before they start drilling to ensure the well will provide enough water to the home. Talk to your representative about what the number will be. 

Deep Wells

The depth of the well on your property is not always a concern, but often well drilling services like to keep the closer to the surface if possible. When the well gets too deep, it is harder to get the water from the bottom to the surface. 

The large pumps required are expensive, the drilling time gets very long, and the risk of damaging the drill rod in a deep well goes up significantly. While deep wells are sometimes necessary to get to the water, talk with your well drilling services rep to determine if there is a depth that they will stop at and move locations if water is not found on the first attempt.

For more information about drilling services, contact a local company, like Russell Well Drilling.