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Well drilling in Fernandina Beach on historic lots in salt air
Fernandina is on utility water, so the new bore is an irrigation well, sited on a tight historic lot and equipped for an atmosphere that eats control boxes.
Well Drilling in Fernandina Beach
- County
- Nassau 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 Fernandina Beach
A new irrigation well in Fernandina Beach is a small shallow bore inside the island's freshwater lens, tested for conductivity before drilling and sized so it recovers between zones without pulling salt. On the historic-district lots the siting is the work: a point 50 feet from any septic system nearby, clear of the house, and where the covenants of a historic block allow a wellhead.
The switch, control box and wiring are specified for salt air, because equipment near the ocean fails years ahead of the same parts inland. The Nassau County health department permits it.
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 Fernandina Beach
Is there fresh water under Fernandina?
A lens of it, floating on salt. It is tested before drilling and the pump is sized to leave it intact.
Who permits a Fernandina well?
The Florida Department of Health in Nassau County.
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