We poured the slab for our new shop/bunkhouse in NWO. I was debating between pulling water from the lake, looong pull, or having a well dug by a local company. When drilling 5' footings along storage side we hit water several times. Its very sandy and water came up a foot or so in the holes and was clear the next morning. Its been a very dry year there so a couple old timers thought it was a good sign to find water that shallow in a dry year like this.

The spots we hit water in are on the wrong side of building for the well but I suppose I could trench around and over if I had to. We augured aprox 8'-9' where Id like the well but did not hit water, it was very sandy though. Thinking about trying to supply water myself. Would a sand point be best? Maybe try DIY case well? Should I go where the water is and trench over? Or would it be best to try to go deeper where I want the well? This is an unorganized area so no permits or inspections required. Any advice welcome.........

We hit water in left front corner of storage side, dirt floor, left of the trusses. Water needs to come in on right rear corner of slab, bunk/shop side. Dug the 8’ test hole just behind tool tent on the right, sand but no water.

The water you hit was likely shallow perched groundwater and is not a suitable supply to depend on. You are going to have to go deeper to get a suitable supply. My opinion is to go deeper where you want the well if you feel there is water in that area.

Good luck!

That's what I kinda thought too. Apparently there are several wells in the 10-15 foot range in that area. They insulate the tops so the water doesn't freeze.

Put the well where you want it. I would say if you go a little deeper where you want it you will get better water and plenty of it.

So...that is what Nebraska looks like?

A small portion the rest looks like cornfield Swamp.😁

Going deeper where you want the well should work fine. What you want is a water bearing formation with enough recharge ability to fit your needs. Hiring a driller would take the guess work out of this. At least talk to some in the area to give you an idea what you are looking for.

Thanks all!

Swamp Wolf, I’m in Nebraska, and where I'm at does not look like that! Lol Pic is of our camp in North West Ontario.

Does anyone have a link to any of the DIY well threads I’ve seen in T-Man? I know there have been some good ones but I can’t seem to find any.