Q: Why should I hire GeoH₂O to locate a place to drill?                                                                                                                 Drilling a dry well is frustrating and costly. Testing a specific site takes the place of drilling. Sounding ten sites is like drilling ten holes at a fraction of the cost of drilling a single well. We can identify the best locations to drill to get the most water on your property.

Q: How do you decide where to test for water?
We begin with a preliminary geological assessment and research of local well data followed by a site walk on the property. We need to make sure that our survey vehicle or a drilling rig can access the site. If the vehicles can’t make it, there’s no point in surveying there.  Clients often have specific locations in mind where a well would be convenient and most helpful. We tend to start there . It can be as simple as a process of eliminating unavailable land due to steep slope, septic system setbacks, and other factors.

Q: Do large healthy trees indicate a source of water for a well?
A tree’s root system is surprisingly shallow and dominated by long, small, lateral roots, spreading out close to the soil surface. Tree roots tend to grow no more than six feet deep. Waterlogged soil inhibits root growth due to lack of aeration. Think of overwatered houseplants that rot.  

Q: Does your method identify salty groundwater?
If an aquifer contains more than 200 ppm of sodium, the seismoelectric effect is negated. In other words, salty water does not emit a signal. This is advantageous because salty zones do not become targets for drilling.

Q: Do you always find water?
Not always. Sometimes the accessible areas we survey simply lack an aquifer or saturated zone underground. Sometimes the indicated amounts of groundwater we detect are too small to yield anything substantial after the drilling process.

 Q: How much water do I need for a household?                                                                                                                      A: The average American uses 80 to 100 gallons inside per day, according to the United States Geological Survey., so a household of four people will use approximately 320 to 400 gallons per day. If you have a well that produces only one gallon per minute then you would have 1,440 gallons per day to use. A yield of one to 4 gallons per minute and the use of a storage tank works well (no pun intended), allows for peak demand and leaves room for watering outdoor plants and other needs.