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water in 7ft hole

  • 18-01-2009 8:04pm
    #1
    MrLNB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 125 ✭✭


    Hi all, im expecting to hear from the council in the next 4 wks. I have about 2ft of water in the main hole, (7ft).

    obviously no water would be good. but not sure what the water level is in the area, Rain is hampering the measurement of this.

    ive seen it empty, 2ft of water, half full and even on heavy rain for days FULL.

    How do they measure this with the weather we have. we had 4 weeks of fine weather during and after x-mas.

    Can someone help me out?
    what do the council look at and does the amt of rain fall matter

    sure its not a case of "weather permitting planning"

    Thanks LNB


Comments

  • #2
    Supertech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 597 ✭✭✭Supertech


    The level of water in that hole is measured 48 hrs after the hole is excavated MrLNB, and this gives you an approximation of the level of the water table at that location. This information should have been included in your Site Suitability Assessment / Percolation Test report which would have been submitted with the rest of your planning documents. The amount of water that's in the hole when the planner visits the site shouldn't matter.


  • #3
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Exactly what Supertech says, the rainfall has probably influenced the levels of water in the test hole. The holes should be covered once tested to stop rainfall giving false readings. The fact there is water in the watertable test hole does not mean the test fails, once you can maintain a clearance between the invert of the proposed percolation trench and the height of the watertable you should be fine. When a planner visits the site he/she are looking for a correspondance between the results/paperwork submitted and whats on the ground.


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