Re: ..OT: Watch your snow load!
Hugo write:
> And here (Esquipulas, Oaxaca, Mexico) we dig wells by hand and lower the
> concrete casings by hand. These are about 12 meters deep, so they are
> very shallow but an extraordinary amount of work (minimum wage was just
> "raised" to about 6US$ per day).
Why? Well drilling is hardly high-tech: it's well over 100 years old. You
should be able to pick up an old cable-drilling rig in Texas for scrap
price. For that matter, you could drive a well to 12 meters. There also
some interesting "low tech" approaches.
Google "drilled well" OR "tubewell".
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John Hasler
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