We use a lot of water for cleaning fish, washing boats, washing cars, the garden, the lawn, etc, etc... So we decided to drill/wash down our own well. I had been reading and studying about this for several years. We finally undertook this adventure. We had a few problems, but overall things went better than I had expected. I would like to acknowledge Mr. Mike Willis at http://www.drillyourownwell.com/index.htm for his amazing website. I basically learned everything we did from reading his site and watching his videos. Thanks, Mike! We ended up at 43 feet. The water is clear, clean with no sediment or off tastes. We are currently waiting on the lab report to ensure the water is potable. ...I don't want to be drinking something that has contaminates in it...the reason for the test! Better safe than sorry.