[macguy]

Does the water problem effect people with their own wells? Is there a risk of your well going dry or having to go to the expense of drilling another deeper well? Or maybe not finding any more water at all on your property?

[jackie8689]

Originally Posted by macguy

Does the water problem effect people with their own wells? Is there a risk of your well going dry or having to go to the expense of drilling another deeper well? Or maybe not finding any more water at all on your property?

A friend of mine did have to go deeper last year within their existing well. Cost about $5k to do it at the time.

[tallrick]

Inland it can happen, However in coastal areas you will never end up with a "dry well" it will just be sucking up salt water. once a well is salted, it's worthless to go deeper. Finding water is pretty much a given in most of Florida, just have to make sure it is actually fresh water and not salt water. Around here all wells give salt water.

[sunrico90]

Originally Posted by tallrick

Inland it can happen, However in coastal areas you will never end up with a "dry well" it will just be sucking up salt water. once a well is salted, it's worthless to go deeper. Finding water is pretty much a given in most of Florida, just have to make sure it is actually fresh water and not salt water. Around here all wells give salt water.

My well is only 45 ft deep,salt water, is 10 years old an will never run out of water. In Crestview you have to drill more than 200 ft to get water according a friend of mine. Water will be drinkable, but the cost is prohibited....



WELLS
In order to extract water, a well must penetrate the water-table. The amount of water released from a well depends on the permeability of the bedrock. Wells drilled into confined aquifers must pierce the confining bed. When the well penetrates the aquifer, the hydrostatic pressure pushes the water above the confining bed where it can be pumped to the surface.

The demand for well-pumping increases as Florida's population continues to rise. Over-pumping can lower the water-table, and as a result, accelerate sinkhole formation and decrease springflow. For more information about wells under the direct influence of surface water, permitting and construction regulations, and protection areas, visit the Wellhead Protection website of the Florida DEP.