Location is Everything for a Water Well
When drilling to find fresh water...... location is everything. Some properties in Saskatchewan might have a beautiful view but have a 98.5% percent failure rate of ever finding water. Other locations seem mundane, yet they are sitting above huge reservoirs of fresh water. For me, the mundane property holds far …
Cabin and Lake Lot Water Wells
Water wells rely on sand and gravel seems. Saskatchewan has regulations that are loosely followed by many contractors. Every water well should be tremie line grouted and pressurized grout pumping into the annulus above the stainless-steel screens to the surface. Red Deer is an excellent example of what NOT to do…
Clean and Reliable Water Source in Saskatchewan
Reliable water is an important resource that Saskatchewan requires to continue to develop and grow. Water allows for new industry, greater herd numbers, farm expansions and is needed to build the “Heart of Saskatchewan”, our small towns that many call home….
Should You Drill Your Own Well?
For most of my adult life I relied on municipal water supplies. Which was a step up from my youth. Growing up in agriculture we used a dugout. I will not lie... much of my youth we struggled for water. The dugout went through cycles of yellow water, black smelly s#!x, and even times of no water. Growing up we had to balance washing a load of laundry or deciding to have a shower because the dugout well was very low in a drought period like the 85-89. At times of abundant water it seemed to