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INVEST IN A BOREHOLE OR HAVE YOUR WELL REINSTATED

A Hidden Asset beneath Your Feet

A well or borehole is a means of tapping into various types of aquifers gaining access to groundwater. The importance of groundwater is easily overlooked, it is a hidden asset, out of sight and out of mind and yet for many communities in the United Kingdom it is their only source of a water supply.

Groundwater comes from rain that infiltrates the ground mainly during the winter months. Ground water emerges from aquifers at springs, or can be pumped from wells or boreholes. Aquifers and the groundwater they contain are vulnerable to pollution and we need to be aware of the risk of polluting our groundwater supplies.

Chalk well walls showing water ingress

An aquifer is best defined as a permeable stratum (porous subsoil) that stores groundwater. Imagine a sponge that soaks up liquid, it's a great analogy. When a hole is sunk into a permeable stratum; at a particular depth water begins to flow in. The surface of the water that accumulates in the hole (well or borehole) is the water table.

We at ECP Group believe that we are the only remaining company in the United Kingdom that is still actively sinking, deepening, cleaning and refurbishing hand dug wells, for farm, irrigation and domestic water supplies.

We are currently extremely busy disconnecting mains supplies and reinstanting redundant wells and boreholes for household, garden and irrigation supplies (the mains supply can be kept as back up if wished).

Have you ever considered the possibility of having a private water supply in your garden? Even though you may currently be obtaining your water supply from a local water authority it is still feasible and viable to have your own private well or borehole for domestic and garden use. One of the many advantages of a private supply is that the water is free of chlorine and fluorides.

The Differences between a Well and a Borehole

How we define the difference is: typically a borehole is drilled by machine and is relatively small in diameter.

A well is usually sunk by hand and is relatively large in diameter.

Of course there are machines to sink large diameter wells and there are tools and equipment to drill boreholes by hand, but for all intents and purposes the above description is applicable to the United Kingdom.

Link to Well Information

Link to Borehole Information

Please contact a member of our sales team for further assistance, Tel: 01473 400101 or email: sales@ecpgroup.com