[TheForge] OT frozen pipes

[Andrew Vida]

ries wrote:
> I own a piece of land in the high desert, between Joshua Tree and Big 
> Bear, up by Pioneertown- and the well driller there told me it would 
> probably be 1800 to 3000 feet, judging by other wells he had drilled in 
> the area. And something like $30,000, and that was way back in the early 
> 90's.

	Man, that's cheap.  In Williams, a 3000' well will run you nearly 1 
million  dollars because it is all stone.  That is one reason nobody 
there has a well.  The other is that the city won't give you a permit to 
drill one.  The water situation in AZ is not good and is getting worse. 
  I would not be surprised if one day much of the state ends up 
abandoned because of a lack of water.

	The water I had in Scottsdale was almost as bad as that in FL, which is 
the stinkiest, filthiest water I've encountered to date.

> Needless to say, I dont have a well there.
> Just as well, really, as I have pretty much given up on ever building a 
> place there, and, assuming the economy ever comes back, I am gonna sell 
> it anyway.
> Some of my neighbors there have wells, most just have big 500 or 1000 
> gallon galvanized tanks, and there is a water hauler you contract with, 
> who fills your tank on an agreed upon schedule.

	There was 5300 acres in Weed NM that I almost bought.  The thing that 
put me off was the water situation.  There was a 250K gallon tank on the 
property, as well as many dirt tanks, but the well was 1400' deep and 
produced 1 gpm, which I guess was respectable given that the water 
column weighed something like 8 tons.  I couldn't get past not having 
plentiful water.  That was part of what made me leave AZ.