[hunterseat]

We recently purchased and I'm not trying to blame the house. We had a specialist out today, two actually but the first one was a bozo - long story. ANYWHO they discovered the well is drying out. It has water seeping in slowly so, we can take showers in the morning but forget laundry. We can try to wait for rain or get the well fracked and see if we can activate an adjoining vein. That's another couple thousand and it's not a sure thing. A new well is going to be REALLY costly. This well has been serving this home for 50 years.

The well guys said they've been to several homes that have had their wells dry out. Scary. No city water available.

Anyone affected by this drought?

[Cambium]

My home had well water in the 1950s. It dried out in the 80s and city lines were installed. Bless those who did so.

[hunterseat]

Thanks for the reply Cam. The thought crossed my mind: if we can't get water from the ground, shouldn't the city try to get us water? We're in a well established neighborhood with large lots.

[AnonChick]

When we moved into our home around 14 years ago the well had already been capped. There's a pipe sticking around two feet up out of the ground, closed with a metal cap. We put a fake old-fashioned wooden well over it to make it look not so weird just sticking out like that. No idea why it was capped - either dried out or polluted.

Either way I'm fine with having city water. I buy spring water to drink when all I want to drink is plain water, but use the tap for everything else (including making the morning coffee).

[hunterseat]

Hi Anon. I don't think city is an option for us here but we'd sign up in a hamster heartbeat!

[mels]

It has been abnormally dry, without a doubt, but this isn’t a “drought” affecting your well. Wells are not necessarily forever. Yes, precipitation does affect groundwater over time but one abnormally dry summer is not likely the culprit. Geology of the underground rocks is what determines the flow and permeability of water into your well, and that can change over time. Wells in an unconfined aquifer are more susceptible to dryness due to lack of precipitation, though I would assume the vast majority of Connecticut wells do not fall into this category. I am guessing your specific area (since your neighbors'’ wells have dried out) has a certain geologic feature causing this.

With that said, I also am on well water with no city water available and that really stinks. So your two choices are to frack or drill a new well?

[JayCT]

Originally Posted by hunterseat

Thanks for the reply Cam. The thought crossed my mind: if we can't get water from the ground, shouldn't the city try to get us water? We're in a well established neighborhood with large lots.

I am really sorry to hear about your problem. That is pretty serious. I don't think it is the city's responsibility to provide you with water though. I am not sure where you live but you may be in a town or area where there just is no public water available. If there are no water pipes running down your street or nearby, then there is not much you can do. You may need to drill a new deeper well. Is your current well considered to be shallow by current standards? Good luck with this. I hope it works out. Jay

[Raider111]

Next up - the Septic tank
enjoy

[hunterseat]

Originally Posted by Raider111

Next up - the Septic tank
enjoy

You're right on the money. (and that's big money, too) We got the price of the house down because of that little gem.

Called the water company. No lines remotely near us.

The truck is here pumping in water right now. It's cheap and a possible bandaid. All the pump people agree, if we could get some long-overdue rain, that would be a probable fix.

We're lined up to be fracked. I'm more in favor of going deeper than a new well.

Our immediate neighbors have no problems but the one I spoke to has a well twice as deep as ours. We have natural water features nearby that have pretty much dried up.

The real-time groundwater map shows this area being "much below normal". Maybe the storms predicted next week will do something. *sigh*

[Cambium]

Originally Posted by hunterseat

The real-time groundwater map shows this area being "much below normal". Maybe the storms predicted next week will do something. *sigh*

You & others are right, the Rains 100% help of course with the seepage of ground moisture...but not drizzles or showers unless you have a drain pipe going into the well. We need deep watering heavy rains..

May 31 to July 15 we had one of the wetter periods on record (since 1948).

Bridgeport was 14th wettest with 7.05". Albany was 9th wettest with 8.50". Windsor Locks was 9th with 9.27".

I remember it because we were all like enough is enough now. It just kept raining every other day and hard many times. Then Mid July came and the pattern flipped to Warm and Dry and we've been in that since.

And since January 1st, we are having the driest year since 1995!

What's your elevation? How deep is the well?