How do I know if a site is suitable for Borewell?

To select a site for borewell drilling, one must check the rock formation and soil condition of the targeted place. Underground rock formation has a certain level of permeable layers of water content.

How do you check Borewell water yield?

A common way to describe the yield of a new borewell is in ‘inches’ measured by the free, unrestrained flow of water from a borewell over a 90 degree ‘V’ notch. The basic principle is that the discharge is directly related to the height of the water level from the bottom of the V notch.

How the groundwater is recharged?

Recharging of groundwater takes place by the rainwater and water present in the water source like river and ponds. The water tends to seep through the soil and fill the empty spaces and cracks below the ground. That’s how groundwater gets recharged.

Which time is best for Borewell?

Therefore, summer months are usually preferred by some experts as the best suited period for drilling a new borewell. Also, as most agricultural sites can be accessed by drilling rigs only during summer months, they are usually available in these periods.

Can borehole water run out?

Groundwater can be compared to water in a sponge. Pumping too much water out of your borehole without adequate rainwater to recharge the aquifer will result in your borehole delivering less water. The dynamic becomes quite simple: no rain plus high abstraction rates equals a diminishing (or vanishing) resource.

How deep should a borehole be?

How Deep Does A Borehole Need to Be? Drilling a borehole for household use will usually range from about 100 feet to 500 feet deep, but when drilling a new borehole for your home or business, the depth of the well depends on the geology and underground water levels of the area.

How Can groundwater be recharged?

1. Groundwater recharge or deep drainage or deep percolation is a hydrologic process, where water moves downward from surface water to groundwater.
2. Groundwater is recharged naturally by rain and snow melt and to a smaller extent by surface water (rivers and lakes).

What is wrong with our 1st borewell?

The problem started after the 1 st borewell was dug in a bungalow about 200mtrs from our place about 2-3 months back 1) Muddy water started coming from the pump into the sump and eventually the pump got jammed and it was removed repaired and fixed.

What happens after the borehole has been drilled?

Once the borehole has been drilled the necessary unstable lengths of the borehole are steel cased in an effort to reinforce the ‘tube’. In order to most accurately gauge the yield of a domestic water borehole an aquifer test is performed.

Is there a one size-fits-all borehole solution?

There are not a one size-fits-all borehole solution. This will also affect the water quality needed and the processes used to sink a borehole. All these factors will then depend on which materials, machinery and what manpower is needed to get the borehole drilled.

How do you increase the yield of a domestic water borehole?

Maximum yield is achieved by increasing the abstraction rate, ensuring optimum drawdown of water in the borehole. The kind of pumping system and piping installed in your new domestic water borehole will largely depend on the intended use of the borehole water.