Is This Two Wells Or One?

there may not be a well you may only have a cistern, may be the reason you cant find any record of it.

Don't get too excited about a well if someone said they were "afraid of the water". I live in an area where the well water is not safe for children to drink. Around here people get excited about NOT having a well (being hooked up to the water system) because that means you don't have to haul drinking water. This was something I did not know moving to this area, and was actually a bit disappointed when I found out the farm was hooked up to the rural water system and the well didn't work. We do plan on getting the well working for the livestock and garden. The best thing about being on rural water is it's a gravity fed system - we have water even without electricity LOL!

If it is not required before hand, make sure you get the water tested. Never assume well water is going to be a good thing.

I had wonderful well water growing up in MN, and wonderful well water at our WI home, but it's not like that in all areas.

Cathy

Get help from someone ON SITE. We can't help you much because we can't see the property.

The inspector can help.

Your possible neighbor can probably help some, too.

A plumber or well service company can help.

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We already have an inspector coming out. I was just excited and wanted to find out as much as I could. This will be our first home in the country. I do know it has a well, and from what the neighbor said, the well water is safe in that area. We will still have it inspected and tested. I was just curious about it having two hydrants (which I thought were pumps), everyone has explained it all to me pretty well.

Sounds like the place is "older".
If you can't find any records at the health dept. then it could likely be a very shallow 'well' . . .be carefull.
Have it tested first thing.

Yes a good plumber will give you better answers than this forum will.

Hey.

Use a metal detector to locate where all the piping runs. The quality of your neighbors water doesn't indicate the quality of yours...it can vary just moving over a couple hundred feet...get the water analyzed. A well guy can take care of all this. Don't forget to have the septic checked out. Putting in a new well or septic can be big bucks...

RF

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