Price of having a well drilled

[Trip McNeely]

Just wondering if anyone has any knowledge of what an approximate price would be for having a water well drilled? and also what if any maintenance costs may be associated. I'm in west central Burleigh County. Finding out rural water isn't cheap for general watering needs. thanks

 

[USMCDI]

I had one drilled a few years ago depends on depth, mine is 160' and was 4000.00.

 

[Kickemup]

I don't know how deep your water table is but if it's not deep and its just for watering plants a sand point might be an option.

 

[Trip McNeely]

what kind of permits does a guy need?

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excuse my lack of knowledge about this subject but a sandpoint well could be DIY project? I'm not sure what our water table is here but I cant Imagine it is very shallow. I really don't know a lot about wells, and yes it would be mainly for gardening and tree watering

 

[Kurtr]

7000 down here that was for my house with pressure system and everything.

 

[Trip McNeely]

how deep did you have to go kurt? id imagine our soil is relatively similar to what you guys have down there?

 

[Hookin8easy]

Had one done in river bottoms south Bismarck in '07, grundfos variable submersible with pitiless tank for 6k, 73' deep 32 gpm, 3 hydrants, say 300' of 1 1/4 poly.Priced the exact setup at the new house, still bottoms, would've been 12k, hydrants are in and that's it for now, wanted to finish yard at least, will have to wait to finish. Too much geo work, prices skyrocketed.

 

[Davey Crockett]

http://mapservice.swc.nd.gov/ Here is the SWC map that should get you a good idea what to expect depth wise and volume of water. Take a look at the wells in your neighborhood . It's a tricky map to get the hang of but once you figure it out it's like riding a bike. Make sure you choose water resources and drillers logs from the side panel. Good luck. It's going to be in the neighborhood of 10k for everything.

 

[Kurtr]

how deep did you have to go kurt? id imagine our soil is relatively similar to what you guys have down there?

I cant remember the depth it was not that deep. maybe 100 feet sticks in my head i might be able to find the bill and check give me a day and i will try and find it

 

[johnr]

You can buy an awful lot of rural water for 10k.

Imho

 

[NDbowman]

I had 2 drilled 2 years ago. Cost about 4500 per well. Went down to 120 feet. That is only the cost of the well. I think you'll be happier with the quality of rural water compared to well water. If you need cheap water for watering a garden or washing a vehicle, I'd consider a sandpoint or washing a well in if your water table is high enough. Lots of videos on YouTube showing how to do it.

 

[Taylorman55]

Make sure you check on rural water hookups ASAP, everyone thinks that just because you are in the country you can get hooked up. This simply is not the case. Family member of ours near Dickinson is not allowed to hook into it since they built a house fairly late in the game, after a ton of other people signed up for it. In the end, the line was actually full and they are not allowed to get in on rural water.

 

[johnr]

Make sure you check on rural water hookups ASAP, everyone thinks that just because you are in the country you can get hooked up. This simply is not the case. Family member of ours near Dickinson is not allowed to hook into it since they built a house fairly late in the game, after a ton of other people signed up for it. In the end, the line was actually full and they are not allowed to get in on rural water.

major suckage.

At my former house we had a well in the back yard tied into our sprinkler system. It was only 60ft deep, but cost nothing for me as it was in prior to me owning the house. The water quality was good, and pressure seemed fine.
I would not have personally drilled one, but at that shallow of a depth I am sure the cost was minimal.

 

[onpoint!]

Seems to be pretty variable... mine was drilled for our new home two years ago at a cost of about $3500; went about 100' (then add the cost of the pressure tank and lines and such). What shocked me more than that was the cost of a septic system. Anyhow, we use our well for all; rural water is in our area but they claim the supply line is too small to support the expanding development. We installed a chemical & softener system and at this point, I don't care if rural water ever makes it to my place or not.

 

[KDM]

Having one's own water source is paramount to true independence. I for one, love having the ability to turn one valve and shut off rural water and go on well water. It's also nice to be able to choose which water to use for the lawn, garden, livestock, etc. Should water become scarce and the price significantly increase, it's nice to have the peace of mind that I still have an option. The last time I checked on drilling it was 10 bucks a foot just for the drilling with everything else extra.

 

[3Roosters]

I think we paid like $17 foot when we had it done 2 years ago at our lake property in northern Mn. Well driller took care of all the permits if I recall correctly. They had to go down 160 feet. Although the water tastes fine, I still hook up one of those inline water filters for our camper.

 

[Wild and Free]

Just give Backman well drilling in Wilton a call, Rex can give you all the answers you need. From what I hear they are more reasonable than most others as well.
Might check with the county ASCS office as well, there are a lot of programs that will pay part of the costs associated with drilling wells sometimes.

 

[Allen]

You can buy an awful lot of rural water for 10k.

Imho

Not necessarily, the hook-up costs can be astronomical. The Ex wanted running water out in the barn a couple years ago from the rural water line about 80 yds away, the estimate came in at over $7k for just the rural water line (and another membership). Add in another couple thousand for plumbing the barn in such a way as to make it usable and, well...it never got done. Thank God!

 

[Wild and Free]

Not to mention if watering for cattle off rural water gets expensive fast, I know of several people who can rack up close to a grand a month rural water bills watering cattle in pastures with no other water sources or rancid water issues.

 

[sierra1995]

I had one drilled last summer for irrigation. We didn't install a pressure system or anything like that, just a hole with a pump, and we run our sprinklers with pressure produced from the pump. We live in copper ridge, our well is 180' deep, pump is at 120. static water level was in about 100 I think. The costs was $8 per foot to drill the hole, $22 per foot for casing, and the pump and electrical was another $600. All we use it for is watering the grass. Just make sure your sprinklers don't hit the house, unless you want a rust colored house ;:;badidea