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Water Well Drilling
Water Well Drilling
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Through the work of our highly experienced team, you can expect complete satisfaction. If you're in Holly, MI, you won't find a better drilling service. Our owner does most of the work by himself. We offer insurance for storm damage work. Get an experienced team that can do the work right the first time. We're also insured and provide warranties for our products and services.
Professional Well Construction
- Expert installation on 5-inch PVC wells
- Top-of-the-line stainless steel screens
- Powerful constant pressure systems
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- Get our help any time of the year
- We'll perform emergency services
- Guaranteed work every time
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Get quality service from a certified and licensed contractor. Get your well dug and your pumps
installed by one highly experienced team.
If you ever have any problems, you can call us for service and repair. All of our work is done right the first time - we can also answer any questions you may have about your pumps or well system.
Well Terms and Definitions
In the well drilling industry, many terms are used that may be confusing to consumers. We at Joe Curry Well Drilling Inc. have compiled a list with the most common terms and their definitions.
Abandoned well - A well which is no longer used, a well which is in such disrepair that its continued use for the purpose of obtaining groundwater is impractical, a well which is a threat to groundwater resources, a well which is or maybe a health or safety hazard.
Annular space - Space between the casing and the sides of the borehole.
Aquifer - An underground layer of rock, sand, or gravel that contains groundwater in quantity to supply a well.
Bedrock - A collective and continuous geologic material such as limestone, dolomite, shale, sandstone, basalt, or granite.
Borehole - A circular hole drilled into the ground for the purpose of constructing a well to remove groundwater.
Casing - Steel or plastic pipe installed while drilling a well to prevent a collapse of the well borehole and entrance of contaminants and to allow placement of a pump or pumping equipment.
Contaminant - A biological, chemical, physical, or radiological component in water that is or may become injurious to the public health, safety or welfare.
Drilled wells - Constructed by a combination of jetting and driving. Drilled wells are commonly 4 inches in diameter but older wells maybe 2 inches in diameter.
Driven well - Wells constructed by driving assembled lengths of pipe into the ground with percussion equipment or by hand. These wells are usually smaller in diameter (2 inches or less), less than 50 feet deep, and can be installed in areas of relatively loose soils such as sand.
Dry hole - An open borehole or cased borehole that does not produce water insufficient quality for the intended use.
Dug well - Large diameter wells often constructed by hand.
Groundwater - Subsurface water in a zone of saturation.
Grout - Placement of cement or bentonite (special clay material) to seal the space between the outside of the well casing and the borehole or to seal an abandoned well.
Pitless adapter - A device which provides access to the well and to the parts of the water supply system within the well allowing the well to stay free of contaminants.
Portable water - Water is free of harmful contaminants and is safe for human consumption.
Pressure tank - A closed water and air storage container that has an effect on the water supply system pressure within a selected range.
Surface water
- Water that rests or flows on the surface of the ground.
Water treatment equipment - If a contaminated aquifer is found, water treatment devices are commonly used to reduce the contaminants in drinking water.
Well cap (seal)
- A device used to cover the top of well casing pipe to prevent the entrance of contaminants.
Well log (water well record)
- A record of the information about a specific well. One copy each shall be filed with the Oakland County Health Division; the State of Michigan, Department of Environmental Quality; the well owner; and he well contractor.
Well screen - A filtering device at the bottom of the casing in a sand or gravel aquifer used to keep sediment from entering the well.
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- Kecia Kilgus
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