Also when you drill on weekends the people who give you the most trouble are off work.City and state officals are some of the very few who never worry about working weekends.But watch out for monday mornings. I can't tell you what to do, so please check your local laws.
Heres a letter i received i want to share with you, if you have any interesting stories please email me.
Man from the state of LA writes.
I love it, when I showed this web page to my lovely wife she was shocked! She said “ that sounds exactly like you . Well, it’s a sad but true tale you are telling about the ridiculous restrictions on water wells (and many other things). I suppose there are concerns about protection of aquifers and etc……. but I’ll pose the simple question; how many people that can and will drill their own well are going to then allow the water to be contaminated before drinking it? I don’t know of a single person that has gotten sick, much less died from drinking bad well water. Common sense is history and we are in an age of run away government stupidity. Now days you have to have a license to do anything. Here in Louisiana we are blessed with abundant ground water via. several prolific aquifers. A great water well can be drilled here (in most cases) in 100’ +/-. With all the trouble you would have to pay about $ 2,500 for this well. I have drilled many “outlaw” wells for ¼ of this. It’s easy to drill a “legal” well here though since those making the laws are so short-sighted. You can rent the rig to the land owner and hire on as a consultant for $1.00 and their well is legal (at least according to state law). However, the more restrictive parishes require a “permit” to be obtained. The parish government collects $35.00 for the permit and does absolutely nothing. They never even inspect the well head and don’t know “jack” about drilling. The state (to their credit) only asks that the landowner register the well and supply basic information about it to boost its tax base..
Sorry for the dissertation but this topic really gets me crazy. It’s great to see there is 1 other person out there that feels the same about this.
Your freind
Drilling Engineer from the state of LA.
Letter from MR. Baracles from the state California.
Would you please tell me which of the mid and western states allow you to drill your own well. I am going to look for property in those states. California has put me over the edge.
Let me add to the run away stupidity. I live in Imperial Valley California. I also live in an area mapped as possible geothermal. To drill a well I have to Pay the State Geothermal agency a Permit fee of $200.00 I also have to leave a deposit with them of $2000.00 until the well is capped. I then have to pay $3000.00 for a County Conditional use permit. There are a number of other permits I must get before I go to the state level. All this before I pay a penny to a "California certified well driller". All this for ag water for salt tolerant plants. There is a high salt content that is to high for drinking water. The state engineer said that it was an area that was impossible to contaminate an aquifer for drinking water. So why all the fees?