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Well drilling adjacent to the sea

danpaddyandy · 2021-01-23 14:50:19

Does anyone have experience of boring a well approx 200metres from the sea? The water connection costs are crazy so I'm in the process of researching drilling a well for my site. I've spoken to one Well Company and there's a 20% chance of salt water contamination and 80% chance of it working successful? Any…

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23-01-2021 3:50pm

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danpaddyandy

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Does anyone have experience of boring a well approx 200metres from the sea?
The water connection costs are crazy so I'm in the process of researching drilling a well for my site. I've spoken to one Well Company and there's a 20% chance of salt water contamination and 80% chance of it working successful? Any opinions/advice? Thanks

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#2 24-01-2021 6:57pm
Count Mondego

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I'm about 500m from the west coast and didn't chance it. Fairly hit and miss around me. Father and a few neighbors drilled for water back in the 70s and 3 wells came up salty. Others a few hundred metres further inland are fine, but I know a guy whose a mile inland and his well is salty for 4 weeks in the summer.

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