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10/09/07, 06:36 AM
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Our well is going dry because of the drought
We have noticed that the amount of water that we have been getting from our well has been less and less. Now it is down to a trickle.
We have been trying to conserve water by only flushing the toilets a couple of times per day, taking quick showers etc...
Now since the water flow is even less we're down to flushing once per day, no showers, no baths, no dish washer, no using the tap unless absolutely necessary.
I'm wondering if I should go chat with the neighbors and see how they are doing and let them know that water is running out. Maybe their wells are deeper and they'll be okay but I'm wondering if they might want to know. What do you think?
We have a submersible pump and our well is about 200 ft deep. We've lived here 15 years and never had a problem before. The drought here is terrible.
Anyone else having the same problem? Advice?
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10/09/07, 06:56 AM
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This is a real argument for a cistern and hauled in water. Yes, I know the drought will clear but a future reserve wouldn't hurt.
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10/09/07, 07:03 AM
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We are having the same problem. Have lived here since 1984, in the late 1980's we had trouble, but nothing like this year. We have a spring that has gone dry. We are hauling water; (2) 350 gallon loads a week.
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10/09/07, 09:07 AM
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Anita I'm in Chatham County in NC and here the water situation is worse than ever.
I agree with Rose about lowering the pipe. I've heard several people who have done something like that.
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10/09/07, 09:23 AM
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Shelly: I'm in Chatham County as well, near Corinth on Hwy 42.
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10/09/07, 09:50 AM
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Wake County here and the well is extremely muddy. The water is brown when it comes out and won't clear up. We are going to lower our pipe if it keeps up, but you are right. We need rain. Real rain. I've never seen it like this before. Everything is dying. I'm praying everyday for rain. I'm wondering what Raleigh will do if we don't get rain soon. They have contingency plans, but ..... we need rain.
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10/09/07, 11:51 AM
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We are in a drought also--I am not too far from you two Shelly and Anita. Our well (so far) is ok. But I agree--you may have to lower the pipe. We did this twenty yrs ago. There was an old well on the property--inlaws were for ever running out of water! It was almost a weekly thing..then dh pulled the pipe and found there was 40feet of water in there and the pipe was about 6" about the water line.. It's been fine ever since.. Good luck.. Queen Bee
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10/09/07, 12:20 PM
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I'm in Iredell county and we've been blessed with an extremely deep well that is doing fine, thank God. The drought is horrible though. You can see the rocks in the middle of the Catawba river. We try to conserve as much water as we can, I hope we have wet winter. The garden is done for and was done for a long time ago.
Hope you find a solution for your well. I can imagine how nerve wracking that is.
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Being in a suburb I have city water, but stories like this scare the bejeebers out of me!
I have no helpful suggestions but you have my sympathy!
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10/09/07, 12:33 PM
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Yes dry here tooo. The older folks are saying its dryier than they have seen. I had a well to go dry once, added a 6 ft joint and never went dry again. If it happens here, will do that here also. Don't take this wrong but this turf farm thats close by is using the counties water system to water their grass. Something dosen't seem right about that. Not againist the farmers but what about peoples shallow wells? 
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Do you have a watersoftening system? It might be all gunked up, restricting flow. Also, if everything has been "fine" for 15 years, it's about time for a new pump probably. Or your switches on the panel in the pump house may be bad. It's worth it to check out the well works, half the time (at least around here) it's bad parts, not low water. Or you may need to get a storage tank, your flow sometimes slows over the years.
It is good to talk with the neighbors to check out the area's water levels, too. A lot of times people just assume the water level is bad(tho I'm not saying it can happen) rather than checking out their well works. If the water is truly going down, the neighbors already know about it, and would be talking about it (dunno, round here wells are a topic of passing conversation?).
You might also have gunk in your house pipes too, or somewhere in the line. Do flow test
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10/09/07, 12:42 PM
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I need to check my well to see how deep the water is, and it is a worry for me. I've been very judicious about spacing out washer loads. The toliets are all the high efficiency kind (meaning you have to flush twice for certain business!  ). I'm thinking about drilling a well, but I didn't have it in the budget for this year. However, if you can hit water during this drought, you should be prepped well for the future.
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Try using grey water from your sink and washing to flush the toilets.
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10/09/07, 01:13 PM
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A lot of wells have gone dry or nearly here in the last few years. Ours is hanging on but I can't do outside watering over 15 minutes. Gardening is out until this lifts.
I agree about lowering your well. Some here were able to do that and itreally helped.
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10/09/07, 01:23 PM
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Catawba County...dry as a you know what here too 
Using the laundromat in town as well as limiting water use here just to be on the safe side.....but I see the others close around here watering there lawns and washing vehicles.....with a bored well...not a good idea at all.
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Yes...I've not ever seen the river this low!
WE NEED RAIN!!!!  IT'S SO DRY MY GOATS ARE GIVING POWDERED MILK!!
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10/09/07, 02:03 PM
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I have started to collect shower water and dish water for the toliets and the flower in pots--everything else is gone!
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Several years ago, our well began to deliver much less water. We found that although our well is deep, the pipe only went down 1/4 of the depth. We added more pipe, and the water has met all our demands, even this year, when the drought is way worse than any in the 26 years since we moved in.
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10/09/07, 02:13 PM
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I'm near the upper end of the Catawba River where it is hardly flowing at all. Lake James is just a mud-flat. Our well seems OK for now but many people around here are having wells running dry and the well drilling business is booming so there is a long wait to hire a well driller.
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We have been really dry up here also, but we got some rain today. Just went and looked at the rain gauge and it says 1/2 inch but to look at the ground it looks like we got a sprinkle. We hope you folks get rain soon. My family lives in NC and as far as I know they are ok for now but watching and saving. Sam
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10/09/07, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by hillsidedigger
I'm near the upper end of the Catawba River where it is hardly flowing at all. Lake James is just a mud-flat. Our well seems OK for now but many people around here are having wells running dry and the well drilling business is booming so there is a long wait to hire a well driller.
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I am right around the corner from Lake James myself.You can walk the entire perimeter of it now.Before long you'll be able to see that town they buried at the bottom of it.Rode out by Johns River the other day and its just sand flats.
This is the worst I've ever seen it and I've been here 40 years.I'm getting scared,thinking about drilling my own.We have a small creek on our property but its almost dry.
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