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Well drilling on the Westside, where the new bore replaces a forgotten one
A new Westside well often goes in beside an old one nobody used, and the old bore has to be plugged under its own permit before the file is closed.
Well Drilling in Westside Jacksonville
- 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 Westside Jacksonville
Westside lots that were rural before the city arrived carry old wells: a shallow pipe behind the garage that fed the house before JEA came. When a household drills new, for irrigation or because the old well has failed, the old bore does not get to stay. It is plugged with grout from the bottom up under an abandonment permit, and Call Flamingo files both permits with the City on one site plan.
The ground is iron-heavy and the neighbours are industrial, so a new supply well is cased deep and the completion test looks beyond the standard panel. A new irrigation bore stops shallower and is checked for iron before the first season streaks the driveway.
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 Westside Jacksonville
Can the old well stay when a new one is drilled?
Only if it is sound and permitted to remain as non-potable. Usually it is the failed one, and it is plugged.
Who permits a Westside well?
The City of Jacksonville, Environmental Quality Division.
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