Simple water well cost

[KevDen2005]

Wow, that is nuts. My grandparents in Kansas had two wells. One that was from the 1800's that was only about 30 feet deep and another they had drilled at 120 feet. I thought that was a lot!!! Did not realize how deep some wells actually got.

[HBARleatherneck]

the state mandates what aquafir you must drill into. period. so some areas are shallower then others. also shallow wells usually have lesser quality water. the deeper it comes from, the cleaner (from my understanding)
we actually have one well that is 90 feet deep. it was from the original homstead. circa 1920-30's/ We have water in our well at 150. because that is where the pump is. I lived at a place near Erie, that had a hand pump well that was about 30 feet deep. The water sucked, but there was water at that depth.

now its about population density, water tables, old, old water rights, beauracracy. and hopefully health concerns.