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Ridgetop
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Still trying to find out information on the water quality in the Carrizo acquifer. We are sitting on top of it in northeast corner of Wood County, Texas. I still think that drilling a new well woud be the best use of ur money but DS1 wants me to call the other people and talk to them about the fitration system, etc. I keep trying to tell hm that the 400' of pipe int the acquifer is pitted which is letting the iron and other impurities into the water but he said I should discuss it with the other fitration people. The well is at least 20-30 years old. DS1 said that the testing people disconnected the tank from the well and pulled the water out from the pump directly. It ran clear but had high levels of iron so he thinks the sediment in the tank is the problem and thinks that putting in the filtration system will fix it. 
Fine I will call the filtration people, but I really think we need a new well drilled. I don't undertand why they can't put a new smaller diameter pipe down the original 400' pipe but maybe it is too deep to do that.
Doing more checking o the Carrizo-Wilcx aquifer and the depth is between 360' and 400'. I wonder if we shuld have the driller go further down than 400' to guarantee water if the aquifer shrinks. This aquifer is supplying a lot of city and county water districts as well as agricultural irrigation and as more people move into the areas supplied by the aquifer it decreases.
I checked with Jeremy - one of our neighbors on the east side of 154. He does not have a well now but is planning to drill one. He said he had heard that some shallow wells have had problems but he is planning 400' also. I asked hm about the taste (which DS1 was worried about since it has iron and alkali) and he said that everyone with wells that use them for drinking said the water is excellent. That reassured us on drilling a new well. It is possible that our well has so much sediment because it is a shallower well and is pumping sediment in addition to whatever is coming through the pitted pipe. DH said that Mr. Folmar said the well was drilled in the 70's. Mr. Folmar said his dad did repairs on the pump more recently - about 20-30 years ago. I will call Mr Folmar and see if we can have the well drilled in late November when we are back on the ranch. I don't think the ground will be frozen then. Otherwise we can do it after the new year which might be better for us taxwise.
Three more ewes were marked by Junior today. That makes 5 ewes marked since putting him in to clean up. I will keep a lookout in January in case he is just being a h---y, happy ram. DS1 says several others are also marked on heads, sides, etc. LOL He gets down to business like his daddy, Lewis.
Fine I will call the filtration people, but I really think we need a new well drilled. I don't undertand why they can't put a new smaller diameter pipe down the original 400' pipe but maybe it is too deep to do that.Doing more checking o the Carrizo-Wilcx aquifer and the depth is between 360' and 400'. I wonder if we shuld have the driller go further down than 400' to guarantee water if the aquifer shrinks. This aquifer is supplying a lot of city and county water districts as well as agricultural irrigation and as more people move into the areas supplied by the aquifer it decreases.
I checked with Jeremy - one of our neighbors on the east side of 154. He does not have a well now but is planning to drill one. He said he had heard that some shallow wells have had problems but he is planning 400' also. I asked hm about the taste (which DS1 was worried about since it has iron and alkali) and he said that everyone with wells that use them for drinking said the water is excellent. That reassured us on drilling a new well. It is possible that our well has so much sediment because it is a shallower well and is pumping sediment in addition to whatever is coming through the pitted pipe. DH said that Mr. Folmar said the well was drilled in the 70's. Mr. Folmar said his dad did repairs on the pump more recently - about 20-30 years ago. I will call Mr Folmar and see if we can have the well drilled in late November when we are back on the ranch. I don't think the ground will be frozen then. Otherwise we can do it after the new year which might be better for us taxwise.
Three more ewes were marked by Junior today. That makes 5 ewes marked since putting him in to clean up. I will keep a lookout in January in case he is just being a h---y, happy ram. DS1 says several others are also marked on heads, sides, etc. LOL He gets down to business like his daddy, Lewis.
