Well in Oakland

[Philip von Furstenberg]

Hi, 

I’m curious if anyone has experience with navigating the process of drilling a well in the Town. I live in Fairview Park area off Alcatraz by Colby. I have bees and a garden for them to play in and with rising water costs my mind went to thinking about having my won source of water. 

thanks!

Philip 

[Maryly Snow]

Did you search Google? The AI assistant there was quite informative.

Actually, several AI assistants were informative.

I don’t think you want to go rogue: you could end up with contaminated

water, or get seriously fined.

 

Maryly

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[MLuskin]

I'd love to hear what you learn. Wells here in town are fascinating to me. There are several near me in Redwood Heights/Upper Laurel.

Merry Luskin, Oakland CA 

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[real...@aol.com]

It basically illegal to drill well in California,

 Doing it without proper permit will put you in nightmarish legal situation .

Your home owner insurance will also want to know about it .

Mine date back from the early 1900

It has been capped i do not know exactly where it is but both neighbor told me there is one . 

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[Mark Burlingame]

I don't know about drilling a well down here, but my friends in Winters who only have well water have been looking into a new one and they are at least $50K.  Your water bill would have to be pretty big to offset that kind of cost.  The above ground tank is pretty big... Mark

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