How to Make Your Own Water Bore to Dig a Well
If you want to put a well on your property, you need to bore down to the water table. Typically, this requires a lot of expensive heavy equipment, but it doesn't have to. Surprisingly, with the right supplies, you can actually make your own water borer. Here's a look at the process.
1. Get a Map of the Water Table
So that you have some idea of how deep you need to go, you may want to find a map of the water table in your area. Most states and territories have an Office of Water. This agency monitors groundwater levels, and you can request information from them about the groundwater levels in your area.
2. Dig a Hole
Once you have some basic information about your site, you need to dig a hole. This won't get you all the way to the water table unless it's extremely shallow, but it will start the process. Ideally, the hole should be so deep that a full grown adult would be covered completely if they jumped into it.
3. Put in Some Conduit
Then, you need a large piece of conduit. This needs to have a relatively generous diameter, as you are ultimately going to plunge a large piece of metal pipework into it. When you put the conduit into the ground, you may want to heap the soil around it. That helps hold the conduit in place, and it ensures that it still goes deep into the ground.
4. Set Up a Pipe and Pulleys
Then, you need to find a piece of hollow metal pipe that can fit into the conduit. This should be attached to a sturdy piece of wire, which should be attached to a pulley for extra power.
You may need to experiment with setups until you get the right approach. Ideally, you want the pipe suspended over the conduit, but when you release the other end of the metal wire, you want the pipe to propel quickly into the conduit. This is your water bore.
5. Pull Up the Pipe
After the pipe has fallen quickly into the ground, you need to pull it up. Whilst moving quickly through the ground, it should have picked up ample amounts of sand and dirt. Knock those out and repeat the process.
As you do this over and over, your makeshift water bore will continue to pull up dirt. Eventually, you will pull up the pipe and find that it is wet. That means you've hit water, and now, you just need to start setting up the pumps and small water pipes so that you can use your well.
Contact a water boring company for more information.