Shallow Water Well - Revision history

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	*Then insert the Sand Tip-Pipe Assembly and drive it down in a manner akin to [[Ground Rods]] etc		*Then insert the Sand Tip-Pipe Assembly and drive it down in a manner akin to [[Ground Rods]] etc
	**Basic mechanization using an [[SDS Drill]] etc may work as well		**Basic mechanization using an [[SDS Drill]] etc may work as well
			*[[Driven Point Unconfined Aquifer Well]] for more work on this concept

	==Basic Mechanization/Rigs==		==Basic Mechanization/Rigs==

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 Here is a short video showing how to find water and dig a shallow well.
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 *We had a 3 foot wide well dug professionally (about 30' deep)- it is available but has never been developed. One issue that came up for us was potential of groundwater pollution from agricultural runoff - for which reason we never used the well and connected to city water.
 *At this point, using the 3' well should work - given a proper purification system such as ozone - if we took the effort to do this.

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2019-02-27T20:56:48Z

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	It looked very accessible, and something that could be taught and included in the Open Source curriculum.		It looked very accessible, and something that could be taught and included in the Open Source curriculum.

	=OSE History=		=OSE Well Drilling History=

	There's a bunch of pictures of this on the internet, google Open Source Ecology open source well drilling rid or well, or open source well pump. (and please paste pictures below)		There's a bunch of pictures of this on the internet, google Open Source Ecology open source well drilling rid or well, or open source well pump. (and please paste pictures below)

Marcin: /* OSE History */

2019-02-27T20:56:16Z

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	=OSE History=		=OSE History=

			There's a bunch of pictures of this on the internet, google Open Source Ecology open source well drilling rid or well, or open source well pump. (and please paste pictures below)
	*We dug a well in 2008, down to 70 feet or so, but it collapsed upon insertion of casing, down to about 25 feet.		*We dug a well in 2008, down to 70 feet or so, but it collapsed upon insertion of casing, down to about 25 feet.
	*We put a manual pump on it, and it worked well. We built our own pump cylinder, which was fun - using PVC and a seal. It's quite a decent design - could pump about 100' or more.		*We put a manual pump on it, and it worked well. We built our own pump cylinder, which was fun - using PVC and a seal. It's quite a decent design - could pump about 100' or more.

Marcin at 20:55, 27 February 2019

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	It looked very accessible, and something that could be taught and included in the Open Source curriculum.		It looked very accessible, and something that could be taught and included in the Open Source curriculum.

			=OSE History=
			*We dug a well in 2008, down to 70 feet or so, but it collapsed upon insertion of casing, down to about 25 feet.
			*We put a manual pump on it, and it worked well. We built our own pump cylinder, which was fun - using PVC and a seal. It's quite a decent design - could pump about 100' or more.
			*Old well today may still work, haven't tried reconditioning it.
			*Well was subsequently disused, as it dried up in the summer.
			*We had a 3 foot wide well dug professionally (about 30' deep)- it is available but has never been developed. One issue that came up for us was potential of groundwater pollution from agricultural runoff - for which reason we never used the well and connected to city water.
			*At this point, using the 3' well should work - given a proper purification system such as ozone - if we took the effort to do this.

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Here is a short video showing how to find water and dig a shallow well.

https://youtu.be/5rYPRMm8Arw

It looked very accessible, and something that could be taught and included in the Open Source curriculum.