Well, (no pun intended), it is now official.
The drillers will be out in the next week to start on a new well. They took one last day today to try and fish the pump out of the original one, and were not successful. They think it is either buried in the mud at the bottom, or the casing has collapsed where it was broken during all the other stuff they have tried. The broken casing had put the well into a "temporary" mode even if they did get the pump out.
The fortunate part of all of this is that the company's liability insurance will cover most or all of the cost for a new one. Thanks be to the gods/desses! A new one runs approx. $18k, and will take at least a week for the drilling and setting of the new stuff.
The brainstorm Thursday morning actually worked, and we have "working water" in the house now - put in a storage tank, and the Vol Fire Dept came by and filled it for us yesterday - in the rain, muck, and all. Thanks be again for country folk! And a five-stage R/O drinking water filtration system. Of course, none of that is covered by any other entity. But we have water. Yea showers at home! And dishes! And laundry!
Now I just have to get the car shed moved/taken apart/out of the way for the drilling rig to reach the spot for the well. A light amount of stuff in there, and have some wonderful folks who are coming to help with that part (Thank you D&D!).
Can you say wahoo? It's getting danged hard. Depressing just begins the description. Hopefully this will all be over soon, and just be another chapter of 'Living in the Country'.
The fortunate part of all of this is that the company's liability insurance will cover most or all of the cost for a new one. Thanks be to the gods/desses! A new one runs approx. $18k, and will take at least a week for the drilling and setting of the new stuff.
The brainstorm Thursday morning actually worked, and we have "working water" in the house now - put in a storage tank, and the Vol Fire Dept came by and filled it for us yesterday - in the rain, muck, and all. Thanks be again for country folk! And a five-stage R/O drinking water filtration system. Of course, none of that is covered by any other entity. But we have water. Yea showers at home! And dishes! And laundry!
Now I just have to get the car shed moved/taken apart/out of the way for the drilling rig to reach the spot for the well. A light amount of stuff in there, and have some wonderful folks who are coming to help with that part (Thank you D&D!).
Can you say wahoo? It's getting danged hard. Depressing just begins the description. Hopefully this will all be over soon, and just be another chapter of 'Living in the Country'.