Rare Artesian Water Well. Blessing or Nightmare! How To Manage the Problem Correctly.

This Well was drilled in a Area typical for 600-800ft Wells. The Owner Was Worried he wouldn't find Water...now he has the opposite problem! Way Too Much Water! Be Sure the 👍 the Video to show your Support & if it gets to 1000 likes I'll do More like it! Feel free to Share to help Me Grow on KZbin 🧡🇺🇸✝️

[@lancegouvan1653]

Dream-come-true right there

[@scottwheeler2494]

That’s a godsend for a water a/c system. Same you thousands off your electric bill.

[@user-gq2vn1xj2r]

I know of an artesian well on the top of a mountain in a saltwater sea. From what I can surmise, the pressure comes from mountains on the mainland to push the water up to ground level.

[@ArcherCanobra]

Not a problem. It is a blessing. Don't fix it. Run a creek, make it narrow. Into it make a water wheel, or thump pump to raise the water.

[@shawnbrown1953]

We use 2 sticks of pvc drop pipe with a k packer between the two as if it were a coupling. Put a well seal on the drop pipe just below the bell and tighten it down once you get it where you want it. Put a male adapter on it, a 90 and a ball valve. The k packer should stop the water flow.

[@jackwhite6030]

Wish you all were down here in Jacksonville, FL....our 600+ ft free flow well with 65 yr old galvanized started pushing clay water after we just put on a 1HP pump. I think we caved in the 3inch well. We've got a little time since we installed a silt sand tank with auto discharge twice a day. Looks like a new well coming very soon.....

[@simonfarrington]

Make a fish pond and stock it with rainbow trout.

[@gbltheolechurch5acrehomestead]

🇨🇦🇨🇦We are booking up our artesian well this weekend. Come with us!

[@aburgos502]

Dude thank you

[@CranialAccess]

I have a well 286 feet deep that produced 55 gallons a minute in 1985 when drilled. The water level in the well has always been high. A few years ago we replaced our pump and the plumber did not install the last 20’ of pvc pipe stating that it didn’t need to be that deep. Since then the well has been overflowing except during heavy use. Could there be a mechanical reason for this?

[@jasonharper2601]

make a decorative stream to the creek

[@chrispatchell6898]

We use hydraulic control valves that open and close off pump cycling we have a lot of artesian wells in my area

[@richardsandwell2285]

Why would you want to fix this, you have a free natural swimming pool, get a pelton wheel and you have free electricity, this is a gift not a curse.

[@alsiciliano4146]

I have a house with a artesian well the over flow pipe flows to about 20 feet away from the house about 2 gallons a minute comes out of the pipe and drips when u put water on in the house . The well is 15years old .

[@acadian101]

this is pretty much my situation but my overflow is over 30 gallons per minute and they put a baloon down 6 feet and it sceals the water from coming up but now i'm thinking of making a huge natural trout pond with this spring fed water ,, but the winters here in canada get cold and wondering what will happen at -30

[@patricwagner7147]

Exactly what my set up is. Idk if you remember, you gave me advice about my well motor, said bearings would over heat causing motor to stop. Setting appt with well co in near future. Only happens when high use ,3 or more people shower consecutive or washing machine /dishwasher are used same time. Not a major priority as 2nd /vacatiion home. Ours has a saddle outlet and drains into pipe in ground to lake only 50ft or so away. Ty again!

[@h2omechanic]

That's exactly how we did this one! Using a 2" saddle

[@Jay78801]

Once the grout sets up you could just make the casing taller to counter the head pressure I have seen then 10’ high before it stops or 3’

[@h2omechanic]

In this situation that wouldn't work. 10ft or more. We went on Friday to install the pump & the flow was so strong that it washed the Grout out from around the base of the casing & it was flow up & out around it about 1gpm & 6gpm out the top. We used a 2" saddle clap/valve on it & piped it to a near by creek & filled the trench with gravel the whole way to act as a French drain. Then we poured a 2ft cement cap around the upper portion of the casing. The nightmare well got worse 😆 but seems to be working with how we did things. Definitely a first in 40+ years of doing this

[@ranjanty]

I would build a pond on the property.

[@richardsandwell2285]

Or a natural swimming pool and a free source of electricity to charge batteries.

[@nickmarquez2024]

So how does one install the original casing if the water is flowing up continuously? Does it not wash away the PVC primer/solvent? Or can you just do the process as normal just with water flowing out of the top of the casing as you’re adding sections?

[@muckeyduck3472]

So why not just leave it with positive pressure at the pump. It's not like it's going to flow when all the valves are shut off. Plus if he ever needed water in power outage situation, he would have it. My artesian well has about 20 lbs of pressure with out a pump. It is a blessing.

[@h2omechanic]

Its too hard to seal the electrical area per NC code. If it was a pitless setup, it could be done. But NC want a well seal

[@marcushaley6211]

I recently cleared some land and with the recent rains I now have a 30 x20 area that stays wet. Upon inspection, there are multiple areas that have water running out of them. I cut a ditch to drain it. There is about a 1” core of water that runs from it. I thought about digging a shallow well in the middle and using it for garden irrigation. What do you think?

[@tim.sorensen5862]

Mate that’s just a babie artisan bore as we call them in Australia I tested one that was 45m of head at 70sumthing literally per second

[@TidalSnow1]

What part of nc? I want to find one on my 3.5 acres in Greensboro area near watersheds

[@Theman-ck1tt]

That's just a trickle. I ran into a gusher that I had to overdrill with 10 & 1/4's and then stack 20 more feet of augers in the air before the hydrostatic pressure finally leveled off at 19 ft above ground! It was a Nighmare to stop it.

[@h2omechanic]

It's definitely a drillers nightmare! People think it's cool til there yard is flooded

[@beaversteve4368]

just cap it , not using PVC tho , I have 3 artesian wells and capped 2 with steel pipe and they can be opened by turning the valve but we leave them run so people can come and fill up jugs that well is very near our property line one we turn off in winter because of the amount of ice is messy the third always runs filling our pond which has its own outlet , this in northern Wisconsin

[@h2omechanic]

This one now flows into the Tar River in N.C.

[@garyodell631]

Tap it with a micro-hydro generator and go off grid.

[@lonnymoses845]

Can uou make a pool or pond

[@davidsaylor3582]

Just Curious...Was this in A High Limestone Karst Area?....I live in East Tennessee and Have a Natural Spring And A Strong Flowing Creek on My Property And Always Wondered if Artesian wells would be More Possible in this type of Ground

[@alishaadams2460]

Yes as live in east TN.. have a creek flowing thru..my property constantly stays wet... We also have a well... Well recently found water coming from the ground... Its a artesian well lol

[@muckeyduck3472]

Actually not that rare in area where artesian aquifer exist. I have a artesian well that has about 10 - 13 pound of pressure at the top. When electricity goes out, I can hook hose to house and have running water in house when electricity is out to house well pump. Not enough for very good shower, but can take a slow shower. And with 15 pounds of head pressure, When I want to run pump, I can get easy 60 lbs with awesome volume to drive large golf course type sprinklers.

[@DebuMazumder]

Place a regulator value

[@chrismiles1369]

At what depth would you hang a pump in this situation?

[@davidthorpe5569]

At a depth where the pump can work the least!

[@davidthorpe5569]

The water is arlready pumping out naturally!

[@DerpMcDerp101]

Um isn't that free water pressure to use in a house?

[@johncuervo3019]

If it were my house, I'd extend the casing up

[@h2omechanic]

In this situation you'd have a 20ft pipe sticking up in your yard. Most customers won't accept that lol

[@johncuervo3019]

@@h2omechanic you're just assuming but it may not take but six feet. Twenty feet wouldnt allow you to put a pump in it but maybe you wouldn't even need a pump that high. Just tap in to the side of the casing and the well would have enough pressure to supply the house. Where at in NC are you? I work for a well company in NC

[@h2omechanic]

@@johncuervo3019 near Oxford. I'm in Virginia. This had over 10psi of natural head. 0.5psi per foot =20 ft. County requires a sample port for water tests. So you can't just cap it. Your pipe must exit threw a well seal & the wires must be in a dry electric box. Extending the casing won't work. We used a pitless & it runs into the near by Tar River

[@nathanwoodward8877]

I don't really understand why you are letting the water out to just flow to the creek??? I have a flowing artesian well that has 70psi at the head, and it is sealed off. Instead of running a pump in the well, we have a cistern with a float valve, and we pump our water out of the cistern. I also plumbed in irrigation pipe, so I can water my garden and yard without using a pump at all. There seems to be a lot of wasted benefits flowing into the creek......

[@smakosmell5370]

Why not just build a water tower?

[@turbowarp]

Why let the water flow out? Can you not place a larger steel casing around it and mortar it in to stop it?

[@h2omechanic]

There's no physical way to stop it unless you seal it. But then it will leak through the electric conduits once the pump is installed. The reason why it will always flow like this is simply because of the lay of the land. If the water vein that we hit at 220ft went miles away and the elevation of the slowly went up, you might be 10 miles away & hit the same water vien at 120ft deep but the ground surface is 200ft higher above sea level it wouldn't flow out like this. We've encountered 4 artesian wells in 39 years. All have been in a low areas, surrounded by hills. Typically where a natural spring is near by, which is basically a water vein that's reaching the surface. Veins can run for miles & miles, this vein was 50+ GPM . So the crack in this rock was massive down there, logic says it has to run far enough to be a higher elevation somewhere else. And our well is just a relief area for it now lol. This lot had a natural spring about 1000 yards away, in time that spring might dry up if these veins are connected. But there's no way to stop the flow. The 6" pvc casing could actually be lifted up out of the ground if it was actually capped off. It could have 10psi, or slowly build to 100psi. That's becomes dangerous if you sealed it, bc in 15 years when it's time to service the pump, noone would know its under pressure.

[@turbowarp]

@@h2omechanic thanks for the detailed answer. Seems like such a waste to let good water run away. My well is 360 ft and in summer when oil guys were fracking, pumping from neighbor wells more than could recover quickly. I now have a 2500 gallon storage tank so I don't run out. Any experience with Cycle Stop Valves. Would like to hear your opinion. cyclestopvalves.com Love your vids!

[@muckeyduck3472]

@@turbowarp I don't understand why they don't want a free flowing well with the pump off, and then be able to turn pump on and have high pressure. My artesian well has nearly 20 lbs or pressure without pump. It was put in around 1926. The 4 in. pipe runs up through a slab of concrete, and then there is a big ass concrete block about 2x3x2 poured around it. I guess that was to weigh it down or something. But I ran 2 in. pvc through out yard, with ball valves, and man I can get some kind of water even with no pump. With pump it's like a fire hose. But even when power goes out, I can hook a hose from well to my house, and still have running water. (my house well is separate)

[@euonymus1980]

@@turbowarp he does not like them. He mentioned it once before.

[@colinsimpier]

@@h2omechanic we sealed my artesian well and then filled the electrical conduit with silicone so it would not leak. It is still sealed 6 years later.

[@ME-rv1pw]

Step 1: Drill a well Step 2: Call it natural?

[@georgemcfly7358]

Build a pond dude