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Home owners in the Braselton, Hoschton and Jackson County areas who have been faced with water restrictions because of the lingering drought in the area are drilling their own wells to keep their lawns lush and their pools full.
So far this year, for instance, there have been 305 permits to drill new wells issued in Atlanta’s Fulton County and 95 permits in Raleigh, N.C.
Drilling companies bore holes usually 300 to 600 feet deep into fractured rock and then extract the water with an electric pump discreetly hidden in the shrubbery.
The practice has outraged water conservationists and other less-well-heeled home owners.
Legislators in North Carolina tried but failed to pass a law that would have imposed the same watering restrictions on private wells as on municipal water.
Jim Kennedy, Georgia’s state geologist says the practice could become a problem if a significant number of homeowners dig wells and pump a lot of water, “But so far we’re not at that point,” he says.
Before you drill contact your local water authority in regard to latest rulings.
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