Water is precious and gives life!

Since the Lord our God made the universe including the water beneath the earths depths I gladly humble myself before Him that gave me the ability and will therefore never be able to take the fame or glory. I give Him all the honor and praise when I show where a borehole must be positioned and there is water.

Unfortunately nobody can see underneath the ground and determine the exact depth, quality or quantity of the water before drilling take place.

Experience, wisdom and knowledge of area's and formations plays an important role in the selection of drilling position and in collaboration with professional and local drilling contractors for best service and excellent successes to be achieved. Strength, depths and quality of borehole water also varies from area to area.

I would like to explain and describe the three different drilling options because many people are confused and do not know what the difference is.
"Wellpoints; Mini boreholes and Rock boreholes".

WellPoint
A WellPoint is a 25mm hole that gets injected with water pressure and the depth ranges from about 1 to 12 meters.
Water is found in clay - sand and solely surface water  and "some" holes in "certain" areas dry up in the summer as it is mostly fed by rain water in the winter. The volume of water is generally not very strong but enough for normal home gardens to irrigate from time to time. A WellPoint, according to me, cannot be called a borehole or compare one. This is not an investment like a "proper rock Borehole" is.

Mini-Bore-Holes
Mini-Bore-Holes are a 4 inch inside diameter borehole and is approximately a maximum depth of between 30 and 40meter deep. In most cases and in the areas of the Western Cape, water at that depth found "mini-drills holes" is only surface water. It is not common to find the bedrock so shallow, eg. 20m deep and if there is water found in the rock formation it’s usually a "water vein". Here a great knowledge, wisdom and experience of the areas are truly handy.

Mini - boreholes can only have a success rate "certain" areas. Most area's eg. Durbanville,  Plattekloof,  Welgemoed, Uitzicht, etc. the clay is too deep and is not suitable for wellpoints and mini boreholes.
I suggest that there is a sufficient amount of information gathered and a thorough study from experts that have knowledge of the different area's and formations before continuing to drill, any area, whichever it may be.

Proper Rock Bore-Hole ( 6½ , 8, 10 and 12) inch bore-holes “inside diameter”
It has been in this field that I specialize and therefore I do not show areas for drilling wellpoints  and mini boreholes, which are only surface water.
I show areas for drilling where the fractions in the "rock" formation are found.
Water in the rock bank "formation" is found in depths greater than mini-Boreholes and therefore the quality is normally better, the strength of the "volume" of water is also a lot more. It varies from area to area. The water flow is also more constant during winter and summer months as opposed to "some" wellpoints and mini boreholes whose water volume in "certain" areas in the summer months weaken or even dry up completely.

There is clearly a huge difference between the strength, depth and quality of the water in the above three explanations.
The drilling process that is used for a "Proper Rock Bore Hole" is totally different from that of a well point and a mini - Borehole and is in a class of its own as stronger pumps can be installed and much deeper and more water can be pumped to the surface. The costs involved are of course much higher. Such a Proper Rock borehole is also an investment and add more value to a property unlike well points and some mini boreholes.

Vegetables, Vineyards, Fruit and Milk Farmsers on farm and smallholdings are in need of much more water, other than your normal townhouse or house garden. Therefore Wellpoints and mini-boreholes are completely inadequate for them.

Even at school 'sports grounds' and complexes with large gardens, wellpoints and mini boreholes are not suitable as the surface surface water in most areas are not adequate for the size and irrigated areas as I mentioned earlier there is a risk involved because of the holes, especially "wellpoints"  that might dry up during summer. The only effective option is to sink a proper rock Borehole deep where the water veins are in the bedrock.

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