Drill Your Own Water Well

I actually have this whole set of videos, downloaded in my library (more for how he built his PVC drill, than how he dug the well). That said, keep in mind a few things:

1. His well is approximately 25-feet deep when he is done.
2. He is in North Carolina
3. His soil is mostly ‘hard-pack sand’ (few limestone or other rock strata, etc.)

If you are in a coastal Southeast region, this may be beneficial for you. HOWEVER, if you try to do this in places like where I live in West Texas, understand that my picture looks like this:

1. Most local wells are over 500-feet deep (with a couple down past 900 feet)
2. Most of our local ‘shallow’ wells are stressed (meaning dry or seasonal due to rains)
3. Sandstone and other plate rock formations can be found in quite a few locations, and is normally the course of events once you are down below a few hundred feet.
4. NO WATER CAN BE SUCTION PUMPED from the ground that is below 32 feet, it then has to be ‘pushed up’ (you do this by sinking a well pump to the bottom, a ‘sleeve submersible pump’)
5. You are NOT STRONG ENOUGH to manually twist, suspend or otherwise work a drillhead down a 900 foot well bore (the PVC would break first, most likely before you got it down there)

No, this again is a ‘regional thing’ (like building a solar distiller in Seattle vs Phoenix – LOCATION MATTERS!) Being aware of these points is critical, before you plan for a tool or process in your ‘urban Bug-Out clinic’ that actually has no implication in your local area.