Water Well Installation

Educational video showing step by step the processes of well drilling well construction and equipment installation needed to provide a safe home water supply.

Water well installation.

Depending upon the location you have chosen for your small house your well can be easily installed as a do it yourself project or you may encounter the expense of installation through professional water well drilling methods. I went with a conventional well drilling because of the thick limestone. Drilling is only the beginning. A modern water well is an expertly engineered and constructed method of delivering groundwater for drinking irrigation and other purposes.

Install the shallow well pump according to manufacturer s directions. Water well costs new system installation. Connect a pump to the well and see how much water you can get out of it. It all depends on your underlying geology.

Be sure to connect a check valve below the pump to prevent the. Installing a new well water system ranges from 1 775 to 30 000 or more depending on the options you choose to power your well pump and the depth and diameter of the well. New water well installation costs. Drilling is the most expensive part followed by the cost of the pump.

The range of 1 500 to 12 000 makes more sense once you break it into its components. Before you start to install a shallow well pump cover the well to keep foreign objects from getting into the well where they could contaminate the water or damage the system. At first your well water will be muddy but it shouldn t take long for it to produce clear clean water.