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Well drilling in Baldwin, beyond the town line where every lot supplies itself
Outside Baldwin's small utility footprint a new well is the water supply, and the flat, iron-heavy ground west of town argues for depth from the first foot.
Well Drilling in Baldwin
- County
- Duval County
- Design
- Purpose, demand, depth, casing, setback
- Permit
- County office, or the City in Duval
- After
- Yield test, disinfection, completion report, lab sample
- Hours
- 7 days a week, 7am to 9pm
What changes in Baldwin
The shallow zone west of Baldwin is thin and iron-rich, and a new bore that stops in it delivers stained water that fails in a dry spring. A new supply well here is drilled through the clay into the Floridan, cased and grouted, and equipped with a submersible sized to the yield rather than to a catalogue. The limestone is shallower to reach here than at the coast, which helps the cost.
Lots are large, so the setback from a septic system is rarely the constraint it is closer to Jacksonville; the constraint is the seasonal water table, which decides where the wellhead stands and how the ground is graded away from it. The permit is still the City of Jacksonville's, because Baldwin is Duval County.
How the job runs
How a well is drilled here
Every new well is designed before it is drilled: purpose, demand, depth to the water that suits it, casing through the clay where the bore goes to the Floridan, and the setback from any septic system on the lot or next door. The permit is filed with the county office, or the City of Jacksonville in Duval, before the rig is booked. The bore is drilled, cased, grouted, developed until it runs clear and tested for yield. The pump, pitless adapter and pressure tank are sized to that yield and to the demand. The well is disinfected, the completion report is filed and a sample goes to a certified laboratory before anyone drinks from it.
Straight answers
Well Drilling questions from Baldwin
Is Baldwin well water high in iron?
The shallow zone is. A cased Floridan well below it is the durable answer, with treatment sized to the completion test.
Does a Baldwin well go to the county for its permit?
No. Baldwin is Duval County, so the City of Jacksonville issues it.
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