"Drilling companies charge thousands of dollars to tap ground water sources that you can often reach yourself with a few common tools and about two weekends of work."
This is possibly the most complete and authoritative site on the web for anyone who wants to drill their own water well. Mr. Dungan even shows you how to build all the equipment you will need to do the job. Included are articles on well drilling and making your own foot valves and emergency hand-operated water pumps. His deep well inertia pump is an ingenious hand-operated pump that you can build in a few minutes to get water from your well during an extended power failure.
The web site also includes sections on dug wells, augured wells, and a method called the sand-sucker well. It even covers well testing, as well as sprinkler systems for irrigation. Further down the page you will find a reader Q&A section with answers to questions submitted by readers. There are even some nice pictures submitted by folks who have successfully drilled their own water wells using the techniques on this site, and a link to a nice document that details how to build your own sand-sucker drilling rig.
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