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We had a well growing up, and I think we always just considered the water free. Though we did have a water softener, so I suppose there was the cost of salt for
by war1025 7y ago
We had a well growing up, and I think we always just considered the water free. Though we did have a water softener, so I suppose there was the cost of salt for that. Similar to water heating though, I think we didn't really factor that into the cost of the water.
- catalogia 7y agoThe depth of the well is a huge factor, generally the deeper the well the harder it is to pump water out of it. There is also the matter of how fast the well will replentish. Shallow wells into unconfined aquifers in regions with plenty of rainfall are probably the best sort of wells. Those sort of wells get replenished every year (climate permitting.) On the other hand with fossil aquifers you're draining a finite amount of water that won't replenish in human timescales, if at all. So in some regions pulling water from wells will be perfectly sustainable and essentially free, while in others it's unsustainable and expensive.
- kevin_thibedeau 7y agoWorks great until the farmer next door sucks your shallow well dry with his new irrigation system.
- catalogia 7y agoAs I've been saying, the matter of fresh water is very local. You may or may not be near such a farmer, and such a farmer may or may not be capable of pumping that much fresh water out of the ground in the first place. In some places that's a real problem while in others it isn't.