House has no water supply / Having it hauled in

[dribble]

Why? Typical family can comfortably live with 2-3 gpm. Our area 300’ is probably below average, many over 500’.

I had pasture that required irrigation. A friend had his well go dry last year and got a quote of 35K for drilling and new pump.

 

[Flatsix66]

I checked the well records for the area you mentioned (Carefree hwy and 28thst) and appears water is in the area in case you want to drill a well, might cost $$$ https://azwatermaps.azwater.gov/WellReg, this is from one at 24th st: 15GpH at 650ft.

 

[2Driver]

Listing says hauled water. Current owner is 3rd owner who bought during covid. Current owner will plead ignorance and will leave any due diligence up to buyer/tenant.

The only breadcrumbs I see is a cheap out of touch owner likely in a nosedive in value for both sale price & lease. He bought during a multiple offer situation. The home was listed for 1.1M and was countered up to 1.2M in 2020.

I found an Invoice from 2020 for well equipment for 26k. This doesn't include the drilling.

How did you go about finding a receipt for well equipment?

 

[Cdog]

How did you go about finding a receipt for well equipment?

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“I could teach you, but I’d have to charge”

 

[Ricks raft]

I had pasture that required irrigation. A friend had his well go dry last year and got a quote of 35K for drilling and new pump.

Got it. Wasn't many years ago drilling was under $10 a foot. Thought it was still $20-30.

 

[Wheeler]

I checked the well records for the area you mentioned (Carefree hwy and 28thst) and appears water is in the area in case you want to drill a well, might cost $$$ https://azwatermaps.azwater.gov/WellReg, this is from one at 24th st: 15GpH at 650ft.
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That's interesting. I'll try looking up my wells. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Sherpa]

Hard no on that place

 

[Wedgy]

I look all the time between here and Kali. to be closer. For water. Deming, no. Kingman, no. Well went dry, no. Here?

Sitting atop the Ogallala, in the 13 cities member Canadian River Water District which owns water rights in 2, 700 square mile Texas Panhandle counties. With water rights encompassing 3/4 of the entire land mass of one. Plus the robust Levelland city water system and it's own wells. Cost? Hasn't been over $108, all Summer. Includes sewer, trash, streetlights, parks, police, dump, recycling center, improvements, business park, ballfields, etc, etc.
50x150 city lots? $10,000.

Great weather, with average high Summer soil temps of a balmy 130 degrees. Except for, Tornadoes, ice storms, snow, sleet, torrential rains, daily 100+ sunny Summer days, Spring brings the winds that blow all the red dirt down from Canada. As a matter of fact, this area is called," The Dirt." And,

When the Cavalry surveyed this area in the 1800's, the last haunt of the wild Comanche, the Lt. wrote in his journal, "This area as so desolate, no-one will ever live here..."

 

[Taboma]

My house is on a septic tank and I can’t tell the difference from when I lived in a house that was connected to the sewer. Don’t be afraid of a house with a septic tank. I just replaced mine with a 15000 gallon cement tank that will last 50 years. The original one was metal and it was collapsing after 25 years.

It’s just my wife and I living in the house, so we’ll get it pumped in 10 years or so. It’s $300ish to pump it.

I grew up with septic and have lived on septic the majority of homeowner years. The one thing I was taught and have adhered to for the past 70 years is, NOT using the sink garbage disposer as a shredder/chopper for disposing of vegetable or food waste. The only things that go in our tank are waste (Grey) water, human waste (Black water) and toilet paper that easily disintegrates (Septic safe).

 

[angiebaby]

I grew up with septic and have lived on septic the majority of homeowner years. The one thing I was taught and have adhered to for the past 70 years is, NOT using the sink garbage disposer as a shredder/chopper for disposing of vegetable or food waste. The only things that go in our tank are waste (Grey) water, human waste (Black water) and toilet paper that easily disintegrates (Septic safe).

Yep. Lived with a septic most of my life. No tampons, no wipes (I don't care how much they argue they are safe for septics, they are NOT), and throw as much food trash (like melon rinds and leftovers) in the trash can, not the disposal. Be cautious of your anti-bacterial cleaners, also. Don't throw a whole bucket of bleach down the drain. We had ours back up once in the 15 years we lived in Menifee, and once in the 7 years we lived in Reno. It shouldn't happen often.

Oh, and when it finally does decide to fill up, you can bet money it will be in the wintertime, most likely during a holiday when you have a house full of guests.

 

[rrrr]

I look all the time between here and Kali. to be closer. For water. Deming, no. Kingman, no. Well went dry, no. Here?

Sitting atop the Ogallala, in the 13 cities member Canadian River Water District which owns water rights in 2, 700 square mile Texas Panhandle counties. With water rights encompassing 3/4 of the entire land mass of one. Plus the robust Levelland city water system and it's own wells. Cost? Hasn't been over $108, all Summer. Includes sewer, trash, streetlights, parks, police, dump, recycling center, improvements, business park, ballfields, etc, etc.
50x150 city lots? $10,000.

Great weather, with average high Summer soil temps of a balmy 130 degrees. Except for, Tornadoes, ice storms, snow, sleet, torrential rains, daily 100+ sunny Summer days, Spring brings the winds that blow all the red dirt down from Canada. As a matter of fact, this area is called," The Dirt." And,

When the Cavalry surveyed this area in the 1800's, the last haunt of the wild Comanche, the Lt. wrote in his journal, "This area as so desolate, no-one will ever live here..."

Levelland is the capital of hot summers and cold ass winters. You're a brave man.

 

[wash11]

This water issue will not get any better. Spending more now for a home with a great well or water source via city utilities is a solid investment. I know lots of people hauling water inexpensively for now. Will there be eventual state or federal use taxes on the water that drives the price through the roof? Based on how efficient the green movement is at taxing you to death with the illusion of that money fixing global warming- I'd say it's a very real possibility.

 

[Sportin' Wood]

This water issue will not get any better. Spending more now for a home with a great well or water source via city utilities is a solid investment. I know lots of people hauling water inexpensively for now. Will there be eventual state or federal use taxes on the water that drives the price through the roof? Based on how efficient the green movement is at taxing you to death with the illusion of that money fixing global warming- I'd say it's a very real possibility.

A reliable water source is something I believe most people don't appreciate.

When I was in middle school our well stopped working. we went third world quickly. It never worked again while I lived in that location. Our only water source was a garden hose running from the neighbor's property two acres away. We used a job site-style outhouse, took showers outside with the garden hose, and filled the washing machine with the garden hose (moved outside). This was in Rural Southern California. Oddly I spent two summers during the same time with a friend on the Navajo reservation near Sanders, Arizona, and water was scarce there also, except we had to hand dig an outhouse, not one of those fancy plastic jobsite units. This was in the mid 80's, not the pioneer days.

Clean reliable drinking water is my most basic need. If the water stops flowing from your pipes, you get primitive quickly. When I was about ten, I forgot to do my chores one afternoon and did not water our pigs during the summer. They were dead the next day.

I like being in control of and managing my water source.

 

[coolchange]

Levelland is the capital of hot summers and cold ass winters. You're a brave man.