Geologic Boreholes and Systems were contacted by a couple who owned 3 acres of agricultural land. They had a small agricultural building with electricity, but there was no water supply to the land. The building was used as storage for machinery and as a small workshop. They spent a lot of time on the plot and as such had been looking into a water supply for quite some time. The mains were about 600M away, but the quote to connect to this was so large it wasn’t a viable option. They were also keen to have a private supply to keep ongoing costs to the very minimum. The project brief was a simple borehole pumping to a standpipe, to supply pressurised water to the building and enable buckets to be filled etc.
Initially a borehole (prognosis) survey was commissioned, this came back indicating a clay cap over limestone. This was very promising as limestone generally carries good amounts of water. A quote was provided to the customer outlining a 30-40M borehole, lined and cased with a submersible pump and small pressure vessel connecting to a standpipe.
We went through the quote with the customer, and once all questions were answered a 35M borehole was drilled and installed. The completed system pumps water from the borehole through a pressurised system and supplies the building and a standpipe outside. The water is of good quality and a simple UV steriliser and particle filter provides a good clean supply of water with a very small electricity bill (approx £30 per year) to run the pump and UV system. The drilling was challenging with the top 10M of the hole collapsing so temporary steel casing was installed to support the sides during drilling, this was removed once the liner and case had been installed.
Geologic Boreholes dealt with every part of the water project from initial drilling, through submersible pump supply and installation, pipe work and electric cable installation, water treatment and system commissioning. The entire project cost less then £3000.
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