Finally hooked up smokin well

The water is only 22 feet down. the creek is 30 feet to the east and 27 feet down, so a back hoe could dig over to it and a saddle tee could be stuck on the side of the well casing for an artesian.
An artesian tap would really keep the water fresh.
I would imagine you have artisans with all those mountains starring down on you.

i would imagine your hand pump well is has water close to the surface.

Sweet plan. Gravity flow to feed the garden is just practical.
The cold weather must require a super insulated well house, and a hand pump is usually dry at the top so I think they do not need a cover.
A back up source is a great idea.

The geology down under is the interesting part. An alluvial flow makes good sense with the gravel deposits out west.
Added to ice runoff at some point up high mountains sounds like a recipe for water.

The water planners in Atlanta and surround made a book of information as a govt bulletin.
It had performance/depth information of many wells in each geological sector of the area.
Along with a geological map w/wells located, hundreds of them.
Many topographical photos and the probability for hitting water in such features giving depth and flow.
Depth of top soil over the granite bed rock was another factor.
Topo features rated 1-10 for their water bearing ability.
A vast supply of info.

in my case, 2 parallel creeks had unloaded top soil and clay for a 1000 feet and sent it off a water fall at the base of the property.
Creating a shallow ridge between the creeks where the house is built, and a roundish low area surrounding.
The removal of the weight of the topsoil/clay by the creeks created at least 6 fissures in 170 feet of depth.
The granite below in horizontal layers buckles upward causing cracks. Those cracks have large amounts of available water.
The deeper we drilled the cracks went from 2 inches to 6 inches.
The book had such a topographical arrangement listed as a 30, the highest rating possible. Don't think the driller was aware of these ratings.
The well driller felt that he could drill several 12 inch wells within a 100 feet of each other and run 3-phase 1000 GPM pumps.
Plenty to run a water municipality.
The well driller was angry in that I stopped him at 170 feet. His ave well is 320 and he was getting $10/foot. So he did not make much.
I budgeted $3000 and gave it to him, an extra $1300 but asked him to set the pump. Everyone was happy. Pump set at only 100 feet deep.
Instead of the average pump depth of 270 feet deep making maintenance and materials cheaper.
I need to approach the county about setting up a water tower and putting in a municipal supply and selling water.
They are trying to acquire property to install a much needed reservoir in this area along w/an expensive surface water treatment plant.