GeoEnvy Guy
They soil around us is pretty much pure sand, we did put some rock in, but it is larger 1 to 2 inch chunks, we also made a "sock" for the pump. When we get into late dry season we will have the guys come and clean out the excess sand that has accumulated (we have to wait so the...
In response to bimr,
The well gives us extra storage, and I'm not sure if the system you are talking about would give us enough flow. Thanks for the question, it did get me thinking about using well point system to determine at what depth one would encounter brackish water.
LittleInch
Yes the water just permeates up from the water table.
We suck it up with a common sump pump,
We are afraid to go much deeper as the locals tell us we will hit brackish water (no one can tell us a what level or who it has ever happened to, they have also told us the level of the...
In response to LittleInch.
The well casing is a 30 diameter double wall corrugated plastic pipe. A hole about 3 feet deep is dug initially, the pipe is then placed in that hole and the smallest guy on the crew gets inside and digs out the sand (it is bucketed to the top of the pipe and...
Hello,
I have a question regarding the use of geotextile in a well.
We have a hand dug 30 inch X 14 foot well very near the coast, (50 meters) the soil is almost pure sand.
We are getting a lot of sand in the filter (5 micron), so we are wondering if we were to use geotextile membrane if this...
