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Well drilling in Interlachen where the lakes set the water table
Shallow wells around the lakes rise and fall with them, and a new bore is drilled to the Floridan so a dry spring stops being a no-water call.
Well Drilling in Interlachen
- County
- Putnam 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 Interlachen
Interlachen's lake lots run shallow wells that follow the lakes down in a dry year and lose prime just as the household needs them most. A new supply well is cased through the clay into the Floridan, reached sooner here than on the coast, and screened and developed in the loose sand so it does not pump grit.
Lots are small, so the new bore has to stand 75 feet from the septic system on the same lot, and that measurement is taken before anything is quoted. The Putnam 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 Interlachen
Why does the shallow well go dry every spring?
The water table follows the lakes down. A deeper cased well does not.
Can the new well fit on a small lot?
Where a point 75 feet from the septic system exists. It is measured first.
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