So, one of the next items I wanted to look at would be the feasability of putting in a well on the property. The house and barn are currently fed by Xenia rural water. However, as I understand it, horses will need between 5 to 10 gallons day, per horse. That is going to lead to some high ass water bills. Does anyone have any experience with installing a well on their property? It looks like it could coast somewhere in the neighborhood of $3500 to $5000 just to dig the well. I would assume that does not cover the cost of the pump and anything else that needs to be done. I would probably only use to offset the cost of watering the horses/garden. We are just a few hundred yards from onion creek, so I would hope we would not need to go very deep for water(i understand we might need to go deeper to get clean water).
I have no idea. But all of my parents’ neighbors are on rural water rather than their wells.