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25 viewsAfter the well was in operation for a while, we started having problems with 'dirty' water. Here the original digger uses a pump to pump out the water at the bottom of the well. (13-Jun-04)dozer
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25 viewsThe well after having stones set around the rings and around the base. dozer
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25 viewsFiltration: A sample of the filtration agent, this being magnesium. Each tank is filled with one mineral filtering agent. (19-Aug-04)
The filtration system consists of three canisters each holding a different filtration agent; carbon, magnesium and an ionizer. dozer
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25 viewsA low end cement constructed Thai house. (06-Jul-04)dozer
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25 viewsCool thai house prototype. A little higher end. (13-Aug-04)dozer
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25 viewsSometimes once water is hit some circular drainage fittings will be inserted prior to pumping out water, as in this picture. Although it doesn't look like it in this picture, the well digger is about 7 meters below ground level here! (09-Apr-04)dozer
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25 viewsA finished off deep water well. (15-Apr-04)dozer
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25 viewsRegular Surface Dug Well: The basic materials for a hand dug well is a prefabricated concrete circular drainage ring drainage ringlike the one shown at the left. The drainage assembly comes in 3 basic diameters, 1 meter, 1.2 meter and 1.5 meters. Each piece has a depth of about 30 cm., so there are about 3 per meter. The smaller diameter is normally sufficient for a single house. (19-Apr-04) dozer
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25 viewsHere is a similar version about 2 years old. They tend to age rather quickly due to water seepage and generally look kind of ugly. (21-Apr-04)dozer
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25 viewsSurface Well Problems: The side of the well needs to be filled in with small stones, to prevent air and water pockets forming outside the well. (12-Jul-04)dozer
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25 viewsThe improper final set caused water pockets around the side of the well, which eventually burst the side causing water to rapidly flow in, bring in dirt. To correct this we pumped out the water and patched the large gaping hole.dozer
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Rerouted Electrical25 viewsSome electrical that ran encased in concrete prior needed to be re-routed. Add one to the reasons over time I don't like encasing anything in concrete. dozer
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