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First drilling. I remember in Siquijor we drilled 74 feet with 2" diameter pipe installed with Golds water jet pump took 2 days to hit the water, we got lucky as there was no big stone and the terrain is slope the water site was 100meters from the seashore but the water is considered to be sweet water. The driller told me that it is easy for them to find a right spot except not to hit a big stone. It cost 150k whole package deal/contract but such pump is hard on maintenance. Drillers name is JOEL from sibulan.

Second drilling, the terrain was flat and sandy water site was 100 meters from high tide of seashore. No expert drilers involved, local carpenters and mason on the job, they dig 2meters x 2meter open hole and they hit the water more or less 15 feet, piled CHB hallow blocked and installed manual hand water pump cost(3,000pesos) then connected to pressure tank(cant remember the name) cost less than 20k pesos. Total cost more or less 50,000pesos. But also hard maintenance.

Third, property is 80 meters about sea level but the driller dug near the small seasonal creek (it dried during summer) which is 30 meters below the property. We started with the local drillers, made plenty of voodoo belief so we give up! Then i found Ricky(his signboard was posted on a tree some where in Dauin). He explained that the terrain is rough hard massive stone and it need a crane with heavy duty drilling tools. Took them one week to finished the drilling, then we installed submersible pump US made, this we used all made from USA to lessen the maintenance headache, and we installed 9 solar panels(avoiding brown-out) to run the system also from USA. Now, we are very happy so far so good "no maintenance yet" and its on 3 years now. My respect to USA quality!

Sorry its a long story..

 

Ricky 09066886925, he drilled our 110 feet deep well with 8 diameter pipe reduced to 4 diameter- the only professional driller i found 3 years ago. He dig with a heavy equipment drllers with riggers, cost around 150thousand pesos and we hired a belgian Eric Hacquenet to set up a solar pump system, total water supply cost 580thousand pesos. Could be the best safe water in town. The water system supplied 6 hectares properties.