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Water table

A term from your borehole quote, explained plainly.

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Water table

The water table is the level below which the ground is saturated. It is the first water you meet going down, and it is what a hand-dug well reaches.

Why it matters

It is not the same thing as your borehole's aquifer, and confusing the two costs people money. The water table rises and falls with the seasons and is exposed to whatever is on the surface. A borehole usually goes well past it into a deeper protected aquifer, which is why a borehole keeps producing in a dry year when the shallow wells around it have failed.

Why Proboreholedrillers

One team from the survey to the first glass of water

A borehole is five jobs bundled into one: the survey that finds the water, the permits that make it legal, the drilling, the test that proves the yield, and the pump. We run all five for you, with licensed rigs and a quote broken down line by line, so you know exactly what you are paying for before anyone starts.

✦ Survey first, so you drill where the water is
✦ WRA and NEMA permits handled for you
✦ A quote itemised at real market rates

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Tell us where the plot is and what the water is for. We will handle the survey, the permits and the drilling, and come back to you with the likely depth and what it will cost. Countrywide, all 47 counties.

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Aquifer

A term from your borehole quote, explained plainly.

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Static water level

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what a survey costs

The step that decides whether your borehole finds water, and the report the Water Resources Authority will ask for.

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