Having worked with,
seen and spoken to numerous borewell owners, it is apparent that the
borewells that yield well; say about more than 60,000 litres of water
per day (that are used by layouts, tanker operators, industries etc)
are those that are shallower than 600ft. Its not the 1000+ft
borewells that yield copious amounts of water. Even if it is a
1000+ft borewell that is yielding a lot of water, a camera inspection
will reveal that actually its the shallower cracks that yield more
water. Take a look at the attached picture to somewhat make sense of
Bangalore's geology and to see how water comes into a borewell. It
does seem more UNLIKELY for water to be available at greater depths
The general
perception is that deeper borewells yield more and hence people dig
deeper. But the contrary is true. In fact as you dig deeper than
600ft the number of naturally occurring cracks in the rock formations
reduce and hence the water availability also reduces. A deep borewell
might be able to provide lifeline water to a home of about 500litres
per day but very unlikely that it is a 100,000 litres per day
borewell. Its the shallower borewells that yield more water.
Would like to hear
and understand from people who have deep (1000+ ft)borewells that
yield more than 60,000 litres per day
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