Locating and Installing a Water Source.
for your Log Cabin.
Local health authorities are usually willing to test the water
for you. Other agencies that will tell you whether the water is
suitable include State Health Departments, County Health Offices,
and Health Hygienic Laboratories.
A dug well is usually used where rocky soil prohibits the use of
a driven well, and where water can be reached by simple
excavation. Basically it is a hole in the ground. Perhaps the
first thing to do in building a dug well is to inquire from your
neighbors whether they have used this type of water source.
If their report is satisfactory, you should start considering the
best location for such a well. Be sure that it is located at
least 100 feet from your sewage system and drain field. It should
also be located on higher ground.
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