Submitted by franticallyfarting t3_y2iurz in Maine
Having a well drilled in mid coast Maine and we are 500 feet deep and still no water... Deepest well in the area is 300 ft. Anyone with well experience? Do we keep drilling or stop and try a new spot? Do we try hydrofracking? Any advice would be appreciated!
... what does the well drilling company think?
we're at 700 feet... so ymmv.
In for a penny in for a pound, no way out but thru! Your existing bore is still likely to give better water and sooner than a whole new bore would
My son works for a well drilling company here in Maine. He said "We almost always stop at 500 and frack and then keep drilling if we don’t hit water."
When our well was drilled they fracked at 300 feet and we have had years of great water. Would think the pros would recommend fracking at this point. Hope it works out for you!
Thats always the concern when you start drilling. The pro's know best.
It’s a gamble every time. The drillers probably know best. Every well is different even if your neighbor has one at 150 with great pressure, you might have one at 700 and vice versa. Who is doing the well if you don’t mind me asking?
Lived on a farm half hour outside Portland. Had drilled wells. One year, one went bad because of ammonia and acid from the chicken house. The other 2 went dry. They came and drilled. Nothing until after 700 feet. Was damned expensive but we got water.
There are wells drilled on a road in Bowdinham that are all in excess of 700’.
Our neighbor across the street was dry at 400' so they fracked. They got water but it wasn't fit to drink and too dirty to treat economically.
Our well, roughly 500 ft away, came in strong with clean water at 200', no treatment necessary. It's a crapshoot, especially if you drill near a tidal river.
YMMV. We drilled to 550, and had lukewarm water flow, and ended up fracking. Meanwhile, most of our neighbors were at ~200-300 ft. Just bad luck.
On the upside, we'll be the last ones in the area to have our well go dry during a drought. Yay? I concur with the others - ask your well guy what they think.
I am curious about hydrofracking process and if it releases contaminates into the water.
DifferenceMore5431 t1_is3dxna wrote
I would let the pros make the call on this. What is some random anecdote from reddit really going to help.