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<blockquote data-quote="Redgully" data-source="post: 1630649" data-attributes="member: 33533"><p>So this is monitered fairly closely. That can check the replenishment of ground water quite accurately these days. In an underground aquifer they have test bores that moniter levels and pressures, if someone unlicensed drills a bore they can tell straight away.</p><p></p><p>It is expensive but these rigs are hundreds of thousands of dollars. On that sort of investment you want a good return. It is hard work and stressfull. Just the three foot hammer which works at the bottom of the hole are $10,000 each. Each rig will carry three or four for different conditions. They need to be rebuilt regularly and the $1000 bits on the end wear fairly quickly. If a hole collapses or a rod breaks you lose all that. My brother has lost a few. The rigs wear out too so while paying that one off you need to be saving for another. My brother was drilling one day and hit an awkward fracture which caught the hammer and he heard a clunk. $30,000 worth of gearbox repairs that time. You have drilling license, insurance and rig inspection fees on top of all that. There is a reason they charge what they do. A good producing bore will beat a catchment dam every day of the week.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redgully, post: 1630649, member: 33533"] So this is monitered fairly closely. That can check the replenishment of ground water quite accurately these days. In an underground aquifer they have test bores that moniter levels and pressures, if someone unlicensed drills a bore they can tell straight away. It is expensive but these rigs are hundreds of thousands of dollars. On that sort of investment you want a good return. It is hard work and stressfull. Just the three foot hammer which works at the bottom of the hole are $10,000 each. Each rig will carry three or four for different conditions. They need to be rebuilt regularly and the $1000 bits on the end wear fairly quickly. If a hole collapses or a rod breaks you lose all that. My brother has lost a few. The rigs wear out too so while paying that one off you need to be saving for another. My brother was drilling one day and hit an awkward fracture which caught the hammer and he heard a clunk. $30,000 worth of gearbox repairs that time. You have drilling license, insurance and rig inspection fees on top of all that. There is a reason they charge what they do. A good producing bore will beat a catchment dam every day of the week. [/QUOTE]
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