text: After hearing all the bad things about bottled water, I'm glad I have a well. Actually a "bored" well. Which is 50' deep and 30" in diameter. Bored to bedrock. If anything happens to it, like contamination, I'd install a "drilled" well. Where you go down to the second aquifer and the first 50' is grouted off with bentonite. I drilled and bored water wells for 23 years. (Former occupation). The company is only 2 miles from my home, and I know the owner (former boss) very well and I don't think he'd have a problem with me drilling one (under the table). As in, no health permit. Another pro of a bored well is if the grid goes down, all I need is a clean 5 gallon bucket and a rope. I NEVER buy bottled water. You can't tell the difference between my water and Deer Park in a blind taste test. I feel very lucky that I have this source of water and where I live. In the country. Firewood is everywhere as well as wild game and ponds for fishing.