Water Options in the Desert

Hello, this is Rachel Gibson, REALTOR®. A couple days ago I told you about how water hauling works and how easy it really is to haul your own water. Today I would like to talk about the use of water wells on properties. A water well is a hole drilled into the ground to access water from an aquifer, a layer of water-bearing rock or sediment. Wells can be dug, driven, or drilled, and they come in different shapes and sizes depending on the material and how much water is being pumped.

More than 42 million people in the United States use individual or private wells to supply water for their families every day.

I often have people ask me about how much it costs to dig a well. The first consideration is how deep is the ...