Waterhole: How to Dig Your Own Well | 
| Author: Bob Mellin
Creator: Martha Weston
Publisher: Balboa Publishing
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 175844
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 75
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.2 x 0.2
ISBN: 093590221X
EAN: 9780935902211
ASIN: 093590221X
Publication Date: July 1992
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Book Description
A step-by-step guide on how to dig your own water well using a hand auger. Includes information on location, drilling method, casing, pumps and plumbing.
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 Basics, and a bit myopic June 17, 2008
This book is for shallow wells and although it does show you how to produce a working, safe well, it doesn't go into any other methods or types of wells. If you live in an area with a high water table then this method for this type of well is sufficient, but if you have other needs you'll need to find better information than this book can deliver.
Within reach. May 2, 2008
This book is really written for the lay person. I have no need for a well but I will not get rid of the book. I can forsee the need for a future well and the cost savings and advice inside these pages is priceless. Without hands-on experience at first it seems daunting of a task to dig your own well; however, the writter makes it readable, understandable, and down right appealing to begin the workout. Not knowing how deep the water level is can be frustating. I live in a area where the water table can be twice the depth talked about in the book. This poses a problem but I am still willing to try someday. I will have confidence in the effort of well digging in the future with this book on my shelf and available when I need it.
 Drilling your own Well December 23, 2007
Very helpful book for the person wanting to know how to drill shallow (25 foot well). However, I think it could have had more details, especially about the type of well screen, and more about developing the well.
Also, the method he describes, digging with an Auger,did not work very well in my sand/clay. I find it much easier to dig as far down as possible with Auger, then drive it down with a metal drivepoint. Also remember that you must have a very low water table for this to work.
Detailed, Readable, and Fun December 20, 2000
36 out of 36 found this review helpful
Why drill your own well? Because it's useful to have free water where you need it, especially if you have no water on your property or are using expensive city water to maintain a large garden. Bringing in a professional well driller can be expensive, and, besides, why should he have all the fun?Unlike old-fashioned, large-diameter wells that put you in the bottom of a hole that might collapse, modern wells are small-bore affairs, and you stay safely up on the surface. WATERHOLE describes with perfect clarity the process of digging a modern four-inch-diameter well using only hand tools. In doing so, he not only shows you how to drill your own well for practically nothing, but he gives you a complete course in doing so safely and correctly, so you end up with a well that's safe to drink from and doesn't vector contaminants into the water table. He then shows you how to install PVC pipe as a well casing and how to select and install your pump. This slim little volume has everything. The text is fun to read and is lavishly illustrated.
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